--- ---  # Madrid to Kill Dog of Spanish Nurse Infected With Ebola by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Oct 7, 2014 8:00 PM UTC  NBC News by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Oct 7, 2014 8:00 PM UTC Madrid’s regional government said it would kill the pet dog of a Spanish nursing assistant who became infected with Ebola — overcoming the family’s objections on Tuesday with a court order. The nursing assistant was the first person infected outside of West Africa, after caring for a Spanish priest who died of Ebola last month. Authorities have three people under quarantine and said that available scientific knowledge indicates there’s a risk the dog could transmit the deadly virus to humans. [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/madrid-will-kill-dog-woman-infected-ebola-n220361?cid=par-time-article%5F20141007) Madrid to Kill Dog of Spanish Nurse Infected With Ebola ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3479228/ebola-dog/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3479228/ebola-dog/"},"headline":"Madrid to Kill Dog of Spanish Nurse Infected With Ebola","datePublished":"2014-10-07T20:00:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:38:32.707Z","description":"Madrid's regional government said it would kill the pet dog of a Spanish nursing assistant who became infected with Ebola","url":"https://time.com/3479228/ebola-dog/","keywords":["ebola","Spain"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt889f59fa2c388959/69875f27cd68487c27096e7e/141007-ebola-dog-mn-1440_5c54ce176bde7bbcb29d98d04fbb5a39.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt889f59fa2c388959/69875f27cd68487c27096e7e/141007-ebola-dog-mn-1440_5c54ce176bde7bbcb29d98d04fbb5a39.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"141007-ebola-dog-mn-1440_5c54ce176bde7bbcb29d98d04fbb5a39","caption":"","creditText":"NBC News","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3479228/ebola-dog/","name":"Madrid to Kill Dog of Spanish Nurse Infected With Ebola"}}]}] ```