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The transportation of animals is the intentional movement of non-human animals by transport. Common categories of animals which are transported include livestock destined for sale or slaughter ; zoological specimens ; laboratory animals ; race horses ; pets ; and wild animals being rescued or relocated.
Some animals are used due to sheer physical strength in tasks such as ploughing or logging. Such animals are grouped as a draught or draft animals. Others may be used as pack animals, for animal-powered transport, the movement of people and goods. Together, these are sometimes called beasts of burden.
A pack animal, also known as a sumpter animal or beast of burden, is a working animal used to transport goods or materials by carrying them, usually on its back. Domestic animals of many species are used in this way, among them alpacas, Bactrian camels, donkeys, dromedaries, gayal, goats, horses, llamas, mules, reindeer, water buffaloes and yaks.
Economically, animals provide meat, whether farmed or hunted, and until the arrival of mechanised transport, terrestrial mammals provided a large part of the power used for work and transport. Animals serve as models in biological research, such as in genetics, and in drug testing.
Animal-powered transport is the use of working animals for the transport of people and/or goods. Humans may use some of the animals directly, use them as pack animals for carrying goods, or harness them, alone or in teams, to pull watercraft, sleds, or wheeled vehicles.
Animal-powered transport is the use of working animals for the movement of people and commodities. Humans may ride some of the animals directly, use them as pack animals for carrying goods, or harness them, alone or in teams , to pull sleds or wheeled vehicles .
Animal transport as used in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Today most livestock and processed meat is transported by trucking companies that have specialized trailers for this purpose. Droving or herding , the movement of animals over ground, is still used in more remote or local areas.
A street dog on the Moscow Metro. Animals have been observed numerous times to ride public transport as a means to reach a desired destination: Street dogs in Moscow use the subway as a means of transportation, [5] and Malchik, a subway stray dog, has its own statue in Mendeleyevskaya station.