Volunteers provide food, aid to abandoned animals near Taal Volcano

Some residents of the volcano island have gone back to tend or rescue their animals

Last updated: January 15, 2020 | 10:37

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Residents living at the foot of Taal volcano unload their horses from a wooden boat after rescuing them from their homes and transporting them to Balete town, Batangas.

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A woman has improvised a way to bring all her 3 dogs on her motorcycle.

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A view of the eruption of Taal Volcano, about 50km from Manila. Tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. Pet dogs, cows and other livestock have been left at the site when people were evacuated.

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Volunteers has been working restlessly to help animals affected by Taal Volcano's eruption

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Volunteers and residents living at the foot of Taal volcano unload livestock after rescuing them from their homes and transporting them to Balete town, Batangas.

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A calf, exhausted from its ordeal, lies by the shore of Taal lake after it was brought by boat after being rescued from the foot of Taal volcano.

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Residents living at the foot of Taal volcano wash their volcanic ash-covered horses after rescuing them from their homes and transporting them to Balete town, Batangas.

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Rescue team is taking this severely dehydrated dog out of the evacuation zone.

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Residents living at the foot of Taal volcano unload their horses from a wooden boat after rescuing them from their homes and transporting them to Balete town, Batangas.

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The volcano near the Philippine capital spewed lava into the sky and trembled constantly Tuesday, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. Pet dogs, cows and other livestock have been left at the site when people were evacuated.

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A horse rented out for tourists is left in a park filled with volcanic ash and fallen branches in Tagaytay City.

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Horses rented out for tourists are left in a park filled with volcanic ash and fallen branches in Tagaytay City.

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A dog left in a garage covered with ashes barks nearby the erupting Taal Volcano in Talisay, Batangas.

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Cows partly covered by ashes eat grass in a land nearby the erupting Taal Volcano in Talisay, Batangas

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A bird sits atop a roof covered with ashes from the erupting Taal Volcano.

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A stray dog barks on a road covered with ash from Taal Volcano in Agoncillo, Batangas.

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Cows stand beside damaged strees on Taal volcano island in Talisay, Batangas.

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A rooster crows as he is covered in ash from Taal Volcano’s eruption.

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A horse stands next to damaged structure at the Taal volcano island.

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A dog wanders through a volcanic-ash covered village in Laurel, Batangas.

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