An activist found his body on a street in Guápulo and related the possible cause of death.
In mourning is the Municipality of Quito, after the death of Jaime Grijalva, veterinary doctor expert in shelter medicine.
Since 2004, Grijalva has been an active actor in the promotion of responsible ownership ordinances and mechanisms to work on the urban fauna of Quito.
In 2019, during an interview with La Hora, Grijalva explained that not acting in time could lead the capital to experience a scenario similar to that of Chile, which could not control responsible ownership and the dogs have formed packs and fear throughout the population. capital. Currently, he was working as the executive director of Animal Welfare.
ambulance would have been late
The activist for the rights of nature Pedro Bermeo denounced on social networks that Grijalva’s body was dumped at the Guápulo viewpoint.
“We got closer and saw that he seemed to have vomited. I quickly try to communicate with him, see if he has a pulse, if he is breathing, he was alive!” she recounted.
Although the ambulance he called said it would take 10 minutes, it did not. “About 40 minutes after our first call, the ambulance arrives. His vital signs were already very low.”
Although they tried to resuscitate him, Grijalva died. The lifting, according to Bermeo, took more than 3 hours, since legal medicine also took time.
Although the cause of death has not been specified, according to Bermeo’s account, a possible suicide is presumed. (AVV)
