The demands of transporting zoo animals are just as varied as the range of species involved. For example, birds must be kept in quarantine for a time to avoid the risk of spreading bird flu. However, if all health certificates are in order and the travelling animals are free from wounds or contagious diseases, there is nothing to prevent a transport from taking place – even from continent to continent if necessary.

To be successful, the professional transport of zoo animals transport requires vast personal experience and a close collaboration between all parties involved. For Sandra Wedel, head of the SHIPPET’s Zoo Department, her long-established connections with members of the umbrella organizations WAZA and AZA, to which many zoos, aquariums and animal parks are affiliated.