Excessive animal sanitary regulations in international travel

Name(s): 
Excessive health regulations regarding pets
Lengthy animal quarantine
Nature 
Travellers possessing animal pets are frequently impeded in their movement between countries by health regulations which prohibit the import of animals into a country without a period of quarantine.
Claim 
The period of quarantine, which may be up to 9 months, is a cruel deprivation to the animal and awkward for the owner.
Counter-claim 
Quarantines are imposed to protect the human, animal, and plant populations of the receptor countries.
Value(s) 
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems