Animal Transportation Market Trends

Animal Transportation Market Drivers

Rising global demand for animal products

• One of the most significant drivers of the animal transport sector is increasing global demand for animal products. It is supported by a range of interlinked factors, including increasing urbanization, particularly among emerging economies, where enhanced access to a broad variety of food products and changing diets encourage increased meat and dairy product consumption. Additionally, improved disposable incomes mean more purchasers buy such protein food items, encouraging demand even more. Increased demand necessitates high volumes and convenient transportation of animals from farms to processing houses and thus forces the animal transportation industry. Strong pet demand and improved levels of pet ownership are the main forcing animal transportation business to exist.

Expanding pet industry and rising pet ownership rates

• Among the reasons driving this trend include increasing urbanization, shrinking family sizes, and growing perception of pets as members of the family. As there are more and more families taking in pets, particularly in industrialized nations, there is increasing demand for pet care services including transportation. Pet transport for moves, travel, breeding, and shows falls within such categories, and that builds demand for safe and professional animal transport. Stringent rules and increased care for animal welfare have a strong influence on the animal shipping business. Governments and regulators are placing additional demands to ensure humane treatment of animals while transporting them, such as transit time, vehicle quality, handling mode, and feeding and water access. The rules curtail stress, injury, and discomfort but at the cost of increased shipping cost and sophistication.

Animal Transportation Market Restraints

Stringent regulations and animal welfare concerns

• Stringent rules and increased care for animal welfare have a strong influence on the animal shipping business. Governments and regulators are placing additional demands to ensure humane treatment of animals while transporting them, such as transit time, vehicle quality, handling mode, and feeding and water access. The rules curtail stress, injury, and discomfort but at the cost of increased shipping cost and sophistication.

Risk of disease transmission

• The sector has to strike a balance between cost-effective and efficient transportation with legal and moral obligation to keep animal welfare under control, therefore the requirement for specialist hardware and improved logistics. Disease transfer is a central challenge in the animal transport business. With diverse background animals housed in close containment during transport, infectious disease transmission is increased. Breakouts have devastating effects such as animal mortality, loss to farmers, and interruption of commerce. Strict biosecurity measures, including health certification, quarantine, and sanitizing of vehicles, are thus necessary.