Posted on 10/08/2014 1:24:27 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The husband of the Spanish nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola is denouncing health officials who told him their dog would have to be killed as a precaution.
In a letter posted to posted to Facebook by Villa Pepa Protective Association, an animal rights group, Javier Limon Romero, the husband of the infected nurse, Teresa Romeo, says an official with the Madrid health department told him "that they have to sacrifice my dog."
"I was asked to give them my consent, but I obviously refused," Javier wrote. "He said he was going to ask for a court order to forcibly enter my home and sacrifice Excalibur."
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what about cats, birds, small mammals like guinea pigs and hamsters?
will they be offed in the name of obola i mean he started this
didn’t he?
“The husband says he left the dog several buckets of water and food before coming to the hospital, where he has been quarantined along with two others who are being observed for symptoms. “
The quarantine is going to be for about 3 weeks. They will have another HAZMAT going on in the house if that dog is left unattended .....
“While some dogs in West Africa have tested positive for the Ebola virus, they showed no signs of being infected, “
This actually is pretty disturbing. That means dogs might serve as a reservoir for the virus....
Looks like eternity in the distance...
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Or, put the dog in an isolation unit for a month, AND BILL THE HUSBAND FOR EVERY CENT IT COSTS.
110k signatures to save a dog.
None to save us with a travel ban from West Africa.
Sorry 100k...
President Obama - close down the flights from Ebola infected areas right now, before it is too late! What the hell is wrong with you?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2014
What the hell is Obama doing in allowing all of these potentially very sick people to continue entering the U.S.! Is he stupid or arrogant?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2014
Despite the ever increasing Ebola disaster, Obama refuses to stop flights from West Africa.It's almost like he's saying F-you to U.S. public— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2014
Yes. Dogs are asymtomatic carriers of ebola.
It also means his dog could be quarantined and tested instead of being routinely destroyed.
Quarantine is meaningless if the dog show no symptoms but harbors the virus. The family would probably pay for testing the dog though, if offered the option
Wonder if any dogs dined on the Ebola victims puke before it got pressure washed into the sewer...
I doubt the dog ate any infected animals in Spain. Does Ebola transmit from humans to animals? They should quarantine the dog in order to learn whether or not this is even a possibility.
"Put down my wife, but spare my dog!"
Good point. Perhaps they already know at Reston.
I know the dogs in Africa get it from eating dead carriers (including humans). I would imagine they could contract it from human body fluids.
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