Operators are searching for four to six dogs cut off by lava flows and will drop bait to entice them out of hiding

Drone operators on the Canary island of La Palma have launched a high-stakes effort to search for and retrieve at least four dogs who have been stranded for weeks by the continuing volcanic eruption.

The eruption – which began on 19 September on the Cumbre Vieja ridge, one of the most active volcanic regions in the archipelago – has destroyed more than 2,000 properties, forced the evacuation of more than 6,000 people, and devastated La Palma’s banana plantations.

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Source: The Guardian