Pets and Ebola

[Catherine]

The Ebola scare has hit North America so there is a lot of talk about transmission. There are actual active cases in the southern USA.

This brings up the issue of pets and the danger of them spreading Ebola. Experts say it is very unlikely that a pet could transmit the disease.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/life.../17369241/

There is certainly no history of transmission by pets in Africa. Primates and bats would be the big danger. A sick person here is not going to come into contact with a bat after they become sick. We do not have wild Apes of any kind.
The important thing is to know that your pet can't make you sick.

That means the nurse's dog in Spain was killed for no reason.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ities.html

It figures that they would react this way without thinking it through.
Calm and reason will help more to contain the spread of Ebola than gut level reactions.