Volunteer rescuers are taking care of cats, cows and other animals they managed to save after Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted earlier this month. “Our movement is often underestimated by those who focus more on human rescue. They ask why we evacuate animals when saving human lives is more important. But, if they think about the long term, we are saving the people's livelihoods by rescuing their livestocks,” says one animal rescuer. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES