A volunteer carries a wounded dog as they bring back animals from the abandoned area at the foot of Mount Ruang volcano on Tagulandang Island in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on May 4, 2024. — AFP picTAGULANDANG, May 5 — An Indonesian volunteer returns from a dangerous rescue mission to a remote island where a volcano recently unleashed huge eruptions, cradling an abandoned, emaciated dog covered in burn blisters.
“We know that they are still living there. How come we let them die while we know they are still alive there?” 31-year-old volunteer Laurent Tan told AFP on Saturday.Laurent, the owner of two animal shelters in North Sulawesi province capital Manado, is one of eight volunteers who have made the six-hour ferry journey several times to Ruang’s neighbouring Tagulandang island following the eruptions.
The group, made of volunteers from animal welfare organisations, deployed for a second time on Friday after some pet owners made desperate social media appeals for them to evacuate their pets, and has since rescued “a lot” of animals, she added.Some owners had learned their pets were still alive after seeing them in pictures of Ruang island in the media.
Hendrikus said the owner had asked the volunteers for help rescuing the dogs, which included a five-month-old puppy.“The first treatment we do here is give food and additional vitamins to relieve their stress,” he said, adding that the animals could survive as long as they were nourished.
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