The number of live animals transported by road or by boat almost reached 2 billion in 2017. The figure has almost doubled in ten years and it will increase further in the future, indicates the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. agriculture (FAO) relayed by The Guardian .
Chickens represent the vast majority of live animals thus transported. In fifty years, their number has multiplied by 16 and in 2017, 1.8 billion of them were loaded onto trucks or boats.
France is the world's largest exporter of cattle
The two largest importers are the United States and Saudi Arabia (7 million head each). The former mainly imports pigs and the latter sheep. On the export side, Denmark and the Netherlands occupy the top of the ranking. They send 15 million and 13 million animals to their customers, mostly pigs. France is the world's largest exporter of cattle.
Every day around the world, 5 million live animals are transported in this way. Travel conditions worry animal rights groups, says Slate. The animals are often crowded into spaces that are too small and undergo journeys ranging from a few hours to several weeks. The obsolescence of the various vehicles used can cause fatal accidents.
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