fine will be for the citizen who abandoned ‘Algodoncito’ in Conocoto , in the Los Chillos Valley, southeast of Quito. According to a 2018 study by the San Francisco de Quito University, there are around 600,000 companion animals that are on the streets, enduring hunger, cold and rain without a home. The man who left the dog was identified thanks to a video that went viral on social networks. According to the authorities, the fine that the citizen must pay is based on the provisions of Metropolitan Ordinance 019-2020. 10 unified basic salaries, that is, USD 4,000. The incident was reported on July 7, 2021, by a user of the social network