Animal Abuse-Did he deserve to die?

Ebola Patient's Dog Euthanized.

I have been following the Ebola crisis a bit since it emerged. How unfortunate for those who have contracted the deadly disease. These are good Samaritans who have been selflessly trying to assist the infected.

Although I sympathize with those who have contracted the virus and understand the severity of a possible outbreak, I became enraged when I saw the following issue on BBC news some time ago.

 

Please have a read. What do you think? Shouldn't the dog have been given the same opportunity as a human being to continue living?

 

My God ......he was not even sick!!!!!!

 

Shouldn't he have been quarantined and observed for the same incubation period and then tested? Couldn't they have learnt something from this observation? 

 

Ebola Patient's Dog Excalibur Euthanized Despite Outcry

 

The pet dog of the Spanish Ebola patient was euthanized today despite a plea from the owner to spare the pet and a worldwide outcry.

Javier Limon, who owned the dog along with Ebola patient Teresa Romero Ramos, burst into tears when told the mixed breed dog Excalibur had been put down.

Limon is in quarantine while his wife is being treated for Ebola in an isolation unit at a Madrid hospital.

Spain’s Ministry of Health confirmed the dog had been euthanized, and said it was sedated before it was put down.

Police escorted a health team into the building and scuffled with animal rights activists who tried to prevent them from entering the apartment. Protesters screamed "killer" as they tried to block the ambulance.

Police with batons later cleared a path as they left the building with the dog.

Madrid officials feared that the dog could be carrying the virus even though it would not develop symptoms, could possibly pass it to humans with a bite or a lick.

Limon, who along with two others have been quarantined for observation, pleaded in a video for help to convince authorities to spare his dog, claiming, "They want to kill him for no reason."

Hundreds of thousands of people signed a petition urging health authorities to spare Excalibur.

Limon's wife is a nurse's aide who contracted the disease after helping to care for a Spanish priest who had been working in West Africa. The priest died of Ebola.
 

An excerpt  taken from another news source.
 

"Excalibur wasn't showing symptoms and wasn't tested for Ebola before he was destroyed. Spanish health officials may have taken a precautionary approach that supports taking protective action in the absence of complete scientific proof of a risk, the International Society for Infectious Diseases' ProMED-mail program said in an e-mail."