Spanish Ebola Nurse Criticizes Government For Dog's 'Execution'

The Spanish nurse diagnosed with Ebola after working in West Africa has finally been released from the hospital after undergoing several weeks of treatment.

Spanish nurse Teresa Romero was released from the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid this week, and although she has thanked health workers at the hospital for saving her life, she has also criticized Spanish officials for "executing" her dog, Excalibur, who officials say posed a public health risk because he had been exposed to Ebola from Romero.

Dogs may reportedly transmit Ebola from their urine, saliva or feces. Upon being released after 30 days of mostly quarantine at Carolos III Hospital, Romero said in a statement that she felt Excalibur was "executed" and that it "wasn't necessary," adding "the worst part of all of this is that our dog was not given a chance."

Romero's husband, Javier Limon, had reportedly gained international media attention when he posted on social media earlier this year that his wife's dog would be euthanized to avoid the spread of the Ebola virus.

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," Romero said in a video posted by Limon in early October.

Despite the effort of Limon and Romero, Spanish officials still decided to euthanize Excalibur as a precaution to the public health of the rest of the country. A nurse in the U.S. who was also infected with Ebola was treated for the disease and then reunited with her dog, which remained in quarantine for several weeks following the nurse's diagnosis.