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I think there was a lot of confusion over this case - in what the risks were to humans and to animals.
Firstly the question does need to be bluntly put - what is more important human lives or animals lives - the answer will differ from person to person.
As I understand it (and I did do healthcare including epidemiology at college)
There is no risk of dogs catching ebola and they do not need to be treated (neither do cats)
There is a possible risk of unknown severity that a dog (or cat or other animal) could transfer the virus from one human to another for an unspecified length of time. Some health authorities will choose to quarantine such animals others may decide that the best option is to humanely destroy them.
The big problem is at the moment nobody knows how much of risk there is for how long.
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