Humane Society receives rescued dogs

Ben Matthews

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Mac's Mission animal rescue group delivered 34 rescued dogs to the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. The group rescued a total of 72 dogs from a home in Malden, Missouri, over the course of three days, with 36 additional dogs delivered to the Humane Society on New Year's Eve.

Volunteers with Mac's Mission unload a van full of rescued dogs Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Recently rescued Yorkie mixes peer through the bars of a kennel Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A recently rescued dog looks over the shoulder of Kathie Brennan on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Rescued dogs are unloaded by volunteers with Mac's Mission animal rescue group on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Rescued dogs sit in kennels Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Mac's Mission volunteer Kathie Brennan carries a rescued dog Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kenny Speakman holds a rescued dog during an intake evaluation Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott Turbeville carries a recently rescued dog to receive vaccinations upon its arrival at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kimberly Minamata, left, watches as Kenny Speakman uses pieces of hot dog to attract a rescued dog from its kennel Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A rescued dog receives vaccinations upon arriving at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Rescued animals are held by volunteers in a vaccination area upon their intake at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott Turbeville holds a recently rescued dog Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kenny Speakman, left, administers a Parvo vaccine to a rescued dog held by Kathie Brennan on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Terry Schnurbush carries a recently rescued dog to a kennel Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A rescued yorkie looks through the fencing of a kennel Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A group of recently rescued Yorkies gather near a bowl of food Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Mac's Mission leader Rochelle Steffen, left, and volunteer Kathie Brennan hold two recently rescued dogs on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)