Spanish Ebola nurse's pet Excalibur is finally PUT DOWN over fears it could transmit the disease as thousands cry and plead to spare its life

A Spanish ebola victim’s pet dog was put down last night over fears it could transmit the disease, prompting outrage from animal lovers who chanted ‘murderers’ outside the woman’s home.

Fury erupted after a government health spokesman confirmed that Teresa Romero Ramos’s dog, Excalibur, had been destroyed. The official explained: ‘Unfortunately we had no other choice.’

The animal was put to sleep inside Mrs Romero Ramos’s home, which was disinfected before the animal’s body was taken away in a white van to a nearby incinerator. 

Pet: A government health spokesman confirmed Teresa Romero Ramos's dog Excalibur has been put down

Fury: A demonstrator blocking the road to stop the van transporting Excalibur is removed by a police officer, outside the housing development in which the nurse lives in Alcorcon, outside Madrid

Frenzied: A woman is helped after fainting following the exit of the van transporting Excalibur in Alcorcon, Spain

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On their way: Veterinary workers wearing protective masks drive a van containing Excalibur from an apartment building

Charging the vehicle: Demonstrators run in front of policemen and in front of the van transporting Excalibur

Officers: A man is held by police in front of the van transporting the dog 'Excalibur', who has been put down

Demonstrators who mounted a vigil outside to try to stop the move shouted ‘murderers’ and several threw themselves on the ground as the vehicle left.

Some 300,000 people had already signed a petition urging authorities to spare Excalibur.

-Dailymail