Last week I wrote about two dogs which had been effected by the Ebola virus. Excalibur was euthanized by Madrid authorities despite protests across Spain. However, there is great news for Bentley, the 1-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel belonging to Texas Health Presbyterian nurse Nina Pham. According to health officials with the city of Dallas, he has tested free of the virus and will remain in isolation for the remainder of his 21-day monitoring … [Read more...]
Ebola and the Life & Death of Two Dogs
October 16, 2014 by
As a dog lover, two recent stories involving the Ebola virus tugged at my emotions most dearly. First, we heard of the story from Spain where a mixed-breed dog named Excalibur was euthanized as a preventative measure. Its owner, Teresa Romero Ramosa, was a nurse's aid who had become infected with the deadly virus after taking care of a priest who died of Ebola in September. Then most recently in Dallas, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Bentley was … [Read more...]