The shipping of the livestock is a risky job, but globally over seven hundred million animals are transferred from one destination to another.

There  are many regulations for the safe shipping of the livestocks but in spite of these regulations, many animals injured during the shipping. For the safe and secure shipping of the livestock, special cargo airlines, trucks, vans and containers are used.

For the overseas shipping of the livestock like cattle, pigs, horses, sheep and other farm animals the sea cargo ships are used for the safe shipping. Most of the animal shipping is done by the sea cargo ships. Millions of animals are shipped from one country to another and the major part of the transportation of these animals is shipped by sea shipping.

Regulations for livestock shipping

The safe shipping of the animals is a challenge for the shippers. The universal agreement of the animal shipping demands a safe and secure shipping of the livestock. But sometimes the animals injured, distress and die during the shipping without any incident and this happens only at east 1 percent cases.

The European Union’s regulations about the animal shipping demands the transportation of the animals from one location to another without any injury or unnecessary suffering.  The shipping companies are responsible for the safe shipping of the livestock. To maintain the shipping standards and the regulations of the EU these shipping companies charge the fees for the feed, water and the veterinary checks of the animal.

What is the risk in animal shipping

The shipping of the livestock is a risky job. There are many useful measure are used for the transportations of the livestock. But sometimes when the animal shipping regulations do not follow then animals can die. Mostly animals go through injury, distress and death due to negligence in the cargo shipping process.

This shipping negligence is not only painful and unbearable for the animals, but it also puts negative imprints on the livestock farms and also on the entire food industry.  Moreover the people from all over the world are becoming unwilling to tolerate the suffering of animals to enjoy the cheap hamburgers.

The future of livestock shipping

The animal shipping is more monitored during these days and the actual reason for this monitory drive is to ensure the welfare of the livestock in transit. Mostly the countries prefer to ship meat instead of the livestocks for slaughtering.  The aquariums and other zoo animals are shipped through air cargo to keep the travel time as limited as possible.  The veterinary staff travels  with these livestocks for the inspection during the travel.