Rescuers brave Indonesia volcano eruptions to save pets

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. Mount Ruang erupted three times on April 30, spewing lava and ash more than five kilometres into the sky and forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for 12,000 locals. - AFP

But while locals have fled, a team of volunteers travelled to Ruang by boat on daring rescue missions to save abandoned pets from the foot of the volcano that remains at its highest alert level. On one of their missions to the island's ash-covered homes, they retrieved an unnamed pup, a white cat, and a bright turquoise-and-white tropical bird.

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.

Authorities had warned of potential flying rocks, lava flows and tsunamis due to debris sliding into the sea.One climbed over the fence of an abandoned house to rescue several dogs left behind by their owner, before handing them over to vet Hendrikus Hermawan.

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