Ebola dog: Protests after infected Spanish nurse’s pet is Excalibur is destroyed in Madrid Excalibur, a 12-year-old rescue dog belonging to infected Maria Teresa Romero Ramos and her husband, was destroyed in Madrid as a precaution to stop the spread of the deadly disease. Spanish health officials announced in a statement that the animal’s body had been incinerated, adding that it was then “put into a sealed biosecurity device and transferred for incineration at an authorized disposal facility.” A demonstrator tries to block the road to prevent the animal being put down The decision followed a huge online campaign in which hundreds of thousands of people had signed a petition to save the animal after its owner was diagnosed with the disease on Monday after treating a victim who had gone to Madrid from Sierra Leone. An appeal from hospital by her husband to spare the animal sparked the campaign which then went viral. “I’m in the hospital and I’m making a call to all people to help me save my dog Excalibur because they want to kill him just like that, without following any procedure,” he said. On Twitter, #SalvemosaExcalibur – “Let’s Save Excalibur” – was tweeted nearly 400,000 times in 24 hours, making it the site’s second most popular topic worldwide. Nurse [...] newsinlondon/ebola-dog-protests-after-infected-spanish-nurses-pet-is-excalibur-is-destroyed-in-madrid/
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 08:45:20 +0000
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