Dogs and horses being rescued after Taal volcano eruption

Dogs and horses being rescued after Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines.

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Wed., Jan. 15, 2020

An animal volunteer carries a dog he rescued from deserted homes near Taal volcano as residents evacuated to safer grounds leaving some of their pets behind in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Jan.15, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava into the sky and trembled constantly, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. (

Aaron Favila Associated Press
Dogs greet their owner as he returns to check his home at their volcanic ash covered village in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Jan. 15, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava into the sky and trembled constantly, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash.

Aaron Favila Associated Press
Dogs rescued from deserted homes are fed by volunteers at a village near Taal volcano where residents evacuated to safer grounds leaving some of their pets behind in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Jan.15, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava into the sky and trembled constantly, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash.

Aaron Favila Associated Press
Animal rescue volunteers try to catch a dog at a deserted village near Taal volcano as residents evacuated to safer grounds leaving some of their pets behind in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Jan. 15, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava into the sky and trembled constantly, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash.

Aaron Favila Associated Press
A dog walks along ash fall covered road as Taal Volcano continues to spew ash on Monday Jan. 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. The small volcano near the Philippine capital that draws tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and forcing Manila's international airport to shut down.

Aaron Favila Associated Press
A resident cradles his dog after rescuing him near the Volcan de Fuego, or "Volcano of Fire," in Escuintla, Guatemala, Monday, June 4, 2018. A fiery volcanic eruption in south-central Guatemala sent lava flowing into rural communities, killing at least 25 as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash.

Luis Soto Associated Press
A dog wanders through a volcanic-ash covered village in Laurel, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing ash half a mile high and trembling with earthquakes constantly as thousands of people flee villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash.

Aaron Favila Associated Press
In this Jan. 14, 2020, photo, men clean their horses that they rescued from Taal volcano island in Balete, Batangas province, southern Philippines. So far no one has been reported killed in the eruption, but the disaster is spotlighting the longstanding dilemma of how the government can move settlements away from danger zones threatened by volcanoes, landslides, floods and typhoons in one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries.

Basilio Sepe Associated Press
A man guides his horse after it was rescued near Taal volcano as residents evacuated to safer grounds leaving some of their pets behind in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Jan.15, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava into the sky and trembled constantly, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash.

Aaron Favila Associated Press
In this Jan. 14, 2020, photo, a horse stands next to damaged structure at the Taal volcano island in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines. Before Taal Volcano rumbled back to life in the Philippines, thousands of poor Filipinos have long lived in it's shadow on an island renowned for its scenery but dreaded history.

Basilio Sepe Associated Press