Dogs run wild here in Ecuador, although there are some on leashes, most seem to belong to no one and everyone at the same time. Today I saw a dog resting in the middle of the street. While in Parque La Carolina I saw a dog chasing, snapping, and barking after a four wheeler on which two police officers were riding. In Puerto Lopez dogs would chase people riding motorcycles. <\/p>\n
In my time here as an observer and a pedestrian, I\u0092ve not seen a dog get hit, although I can\u0092t believe it never happens. There\u0092s no road kill in Quito, or none that I\u0092ve seen. Maybe it\u0092s because there aren\u0092t any animals, other than dogs. I\u0092ve not seen one squirrel or rabbit. The birds I\u0092ve seen are pigeons and sparrow. There\u0092s not a lot of green space in the city. Maybe all the animals are up the mountains that surround Quito.<\/p>\n
Speaking of animals, the day I took the Hop on-Hop off Bus Tour we passed a woman tending a flock of sheep on the hills leading to El Panecillo. When I told Hipatia that, she said that was \u0093not normal\u0094. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dogs run wild here in Ecuador, although there are some on leashes, most seem to belong to no one and everyone at the same time. Today I saw a dog resting in the middle of the street. While in Parque La Carolina I saw a dog chasing, snapping, and barking after a four wheeler on which two police officers were<\/p>\n