--- title: Bentley, Dog of Dallas Ebola Patient, Moved to Former Naval Base description: City officials have pledged to keep 'Bentley' safe canonical: https://time.com/3508221/bentley-ebola-dog-dallas/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-15T00:01:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:47:39.959Z article:section: Health og:title: Dog of Dallas Ebola Patient Rehoused, Given Toys og:description: 1-year-old Bentley has been in the spotlight after the dog of the nurse battling Ebola in Spain was euthanized. og:url: https://time.com/3508221/bentley-ebola-dog-dallas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt408d0faeb9e7ce9f/698760d8cd1bba67b76f2a3f/bentley-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1006&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1006 og:image:height: 566 og:image:alt: Bentley, the one-year-old King Charles Spaniel belonging to Nina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog of Dallas Ebola Patient Rehoused, Given Toys twitter:description: 1-year-old Bentley has been in the spotlight after the dog of the nurse battling Ebola in Spain was euthanized. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt408d0faeb9e7ce9f/698760d8cd1bba67b76f2a3f/bentley-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1006&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dog of Dallas Ebola Patient Rehoused, Given Toys > Sponsored content. 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Sana Syed—City of Dallas Public Information/AP  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Oct 15, 2014 12:01 AM UTC Officials [said](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dog-dallas-nurse-ebola-moved-air-base-26199155) Tuesday one-year-old Bentley, the dog of the [Dallas nurse infected with Ebola](http://time.com/3506758/dr-kent-brantly-donates-plasma-dallas-nurse-ebola/), has been moved to a nearby decommissioned naval air base where he’ll be supplied with bedding and toys, the Associated Press reports. The future of the King Charles Spaniel has been a hot topic ever since Excalibur, the dog of a nurse infected with Ebola in Spain, was euthanized last week. Spanish officials were concerned Excalibur could transmit the virus, and obtained a court order for euthanasia, despite animal rights protests and a [Change.org petition with over 400,000 signatures](http://linkis.com/www.change.org/p/0BwOO). To date, there has not been a documented case of [Ebola being transmitted between a human and a dog](http://time.com/3480961/ebola-animals-transmission/), though [a CDC study](http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/3/pdfs/04-0981.pdf) reported it is possible for dogs to contract Ebola. Bentley will be monitored for Ebola symptoms at the Hensley Field base in southwest Dallas, where he has been since Monday, officials said. The city’s mayor Mike Rawlings, who has previously [promised to take care of the dog,](http://time.com/3502118/ebola-dallas-dog-euthanized/) maintained Tuesday that city officials will do everything to care for Bentley. \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dog-dallas-nurse-ebola-moved-air-base-26199155)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3508221/bentley-ebola-dog-dallas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3508221/bentley-ebola-dog-dallas/"},"headline":"Dog of Dallas Ebola Patient Rehoused, Given Toys","datePublished":"2014-10-15T00:01:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:47:39.959Z","description":"City officials have pledged to keep 'Bentley' safe","url":"https://time.com/3508221/bentley-ebola-dog-dallas/","keywords":["ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt408d0faeb9e7ce9f/698760d8cd1bba67b76f2a3f/bentley-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt408d0faeb9e7ce9f/698760d8cd1bba67b76f2a3f/bentley-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bentley, the one-year-old King Charles Spaniel belonging to Nina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola.","caption":"Bentley, the one-year-old King Charles Spaniel belonging to Nina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola.","creditText":"Sana Syed—City of Dallas Public Information/AP","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/3508221/bentley-ebola-dog-dallas/","name":"Dog of Dallas Ebola Patient Rehoused, Given Toys"}}]}] ```