Farmers are recently reported to switchover to sales of exotic meats of animals like bear meat, buffaloes, porcupines, fennel foxes, wallabies, emus, Sicilian miniature donkeys and raccoon-like coatimundi. Facts point out that farmers want to enter the commercial meat market by targeting health-conscious consumers and providing them low-cal meats like the ones from ostrich and buffalo.



Catering to the health-conscious consumer with exotic meats might just be pretense to sell the hides and meats of animals, which will reap them better money at the end of the day. Taking advantage of the meat market and targeting niche consumers with their favorite recreational meat might have just sparked-off the farmers to lead the exotic animals to slaughterhouses, increasing the number by more than 20 percent than what was last year.



At the outset where meat industry is making the most out of different cuts and labels, the local farmers have to find a way to exist. Considering the facts provided by Exotic Meats about the exploding demand of diners for exotic meat, pushing up annual sales from $110 million to more than $340 million, the farmers do stand a fair chance for the big piece of meat.