Research Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Management Vol. 6(5), pp. 080-088, July, 2017 Available online at http://www.apexjournal.org ISSN 2315-8719© 2017 Apex Journal International Full Length Research Animal mode of transport as a sustainable supplement to rural road transportation in Birnin Kebbi Region of Kebbi State Oyediran, Kayode Kunle* and Abdulkarim Abdulmumin Manga Department of Urban and Regional Planning, College of Environmental Study, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Benin-Kebbi, Nigeria. Accepted 26 July, 2017; Published 31 July, 2017 The use of animals for transport has drastically reduced in the northwestern part of Nigeria, as the animals’ owners prefer selling their animals to buy cars, tricycles, bicycles and even motorcycles that are modern modes of transport. The gap these animals left is still uncovered by all these automobiles due to the condition of rural roads in this region. This paper aims at assessing animal mode of transport as a sustainable supplement to rural road transportation in Birnin Kebbi region of Nigeria. To achieve this aim, objectives set include examining the condition of the roads in the study area, to examine the potentialities of the animals as regards load bearing capacity and to assess the factors hindering the use of this animal mode of transportation. Data were sourced through both the primary and secondary means. The methodologies employed in the administration of 250 questionnaires include purposive sampling and clustered random sampling. Findings revealed that the study area is characterized by bad road condition, people are ignorance of the potentialities of these animals as regards load bearing and other attributes. Culture of the people is also one of the hindrances to animal mode of transportation in this region. The paper is concluded by recommending that provision should be made for animal tracks while carrying out rural development planning and design. In addition, different type of animals is recommended for the two sexes. Key words: Vulnerable road users, motorably accessible, ruralites, passengers, animal routes, transportation. INTRODUCTION Transportation could be simply defined as the act of moving services, goods and persons from an activity area to the other. It should be noted that these activities are not concentrated at just a place but distributed all over naturally or by human arrangement or plan. Therefore, there should be integration of all these activities area that can be achieved through good transportation. Oyesiku (2003) supported this fact by noting that following world conferences on the environment held in Stockholm in 1972, Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and Istanbul in 1996, there has been greater concern for the global development *Corresponding author. E-mail: diran4kay@gmail.com. process to seek for integration of exploitation of resources and economic growth and physical development. The characteristics of a living thing include reproduction, irritation, death and movement therefore, the word transport is as old as man‟s existence. Before the invention of motors, bicycles, motorcycles and tricycles, man embarked on trekking to move themselves and goods from a place to another. A transportation mode is the means of mobility used to carry goods and persons from one place to another. In the case of rural areas where farming is their major occupation and dominated by youths that have their ages between eighteen years and fifties, movements is largely from village/market to farm and vice versa. Rural transportation mostly include animal traction, car, truck,