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.