Dogs often eat a lot less when they are stressed, though usually not so little or for so long that they get emaciated.

Dropping more food and waiting for a better conditions for rescue is risky. The volcano is always changing and could suddenly obliterate that part with lava, or poisonous gas, or ashes. They could maybe use a trained dog in a cage as bait, but could be seen as animal cruelty.

And, well... The new Spanish law of animal cruelty is an incredible mess bordering religious stuff. The government want to force every owner of a dog or cat to castrate it by law. (Yes, trying to save tree dogs on film, wile planning forced sterilisation for all dogs and cats in Spain).

I could be wrong, but this is that they were saying on TV the last month.

If you are a dog owner and want to have your dog entire would be illegal because... think on the sad pups that could suffer if they would born (but, what is never alive can't suffer, phew!).

Sometimes I wonder if those people are real of robotic IA running wild doing laws without any real people at charge.

Vets of course would be drooling with that idea.

Agree. Seems like a much safer bet.