A group of animal activists protested in front of the Regional Health Directorate of Tacna (Diresa) after it became known that an ambulance driver from the Emergency Medical Care Service (SAMU) had run over, caused death and abandoned a dog called Sultan who lived inside the institution.
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With banners and loudspeakers, the animal activists demanded a sanction for the person responsible identified as Jesús Arias Ordóñez, who according to what they said continues to work normally. In a video it is seen that the dog was sleeping peacefully on the track and the ambulance passes over it.
Wasn’t seen in broad daylight
The complainants do not explain how the driver did not see the animal that was sleeping on the track. “You can see that the little dog is sleeping on the track, sunbathing, in broad daylight, the driver does not see him, he passes him slowly, perhaps he was on his cell phone and driving with one hand,” one of the people said. Protestants who remained at the “sit-in” until 5 p.m.
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What is most outrageous, according to animal rights activists, is that the driver gets out, verifies that the dog is dead and decides to leave it abandoned right there and continue on his way.
