The Spanish nurse who survived Ebola said she will demand £120,000 compensation from the government for putting down her dog Excalibur.

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Teresa Romero, 44, spent a month in isolation after becoming the first person outside Africa to contract the disease while she was caring for a missionary.

But she said the worst part of her ordeal was leaning her mixed breed dog had been put down, claiming 'he was not given a chance'.



Teresa Romero, 44, spent a month in isolation after becoming the first person outside Africa to contract Ebola



Teresa Romero, 44, spent a month in isolation after becoming the first person outside Africa to contract Ebola


Lawyers for Mrs Romero say the decision to put the animal down last month as she battled the killer disease was 'improvised and taken against medical advice'.

Health chiefs in Madrid obtained a court order to sacrifice Excalibur despite an online petition to save it signed by more than 300,000 people.

Riot police clashed with protestors outside her home near Madrid so they could take the animal away to incinerate it.

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