Memories from the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri

Jessie Daniels gets a kiss from Reese the dog at the 40th anniversary of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri Saturday, Dec. 16 , 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)

Radley the dog excitedly runs around at the 40th anniversary of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri Saturday, Dec. 16 , 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)

Charlotte Craig hugs Lindsey Ringstaff, 10, at the 40th anniversary of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri after Lindsey donated $15 dollars to the group Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)

Ethan Maddox, 3, visits with a kitten, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Anna Claire Jones, left, Addie Long, center, and John Henry Jones read to cats in the cat room on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. (Laura Simon)

Cats and kittens seen on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, are seen awaiting adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. (Laura Simon)

Storm, a five-month-old kitten, cuddles up with Jen Rose at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Rose said she was thinking about getting another cat, and Storm looks just like her other cat. (Laura Simon)

William Lewis reads to puppies on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. (Laura Simon)

Students from Prodigy Leadership Academy read to the adoptable dogs at the Humane Society on Thursday, March 2, 2017. (Laura Simon)

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. Mac's Mission animal rescue 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. (Ben Matthews)

Rescued dogs are held by volunteers in a vaccination area upon their intake at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri after Mac's Mission animal rescue group delivered 34 rescued dogs Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. The animal rescue 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 of Southeast Missouri on New Year's Eve. (Ben Matthews)

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)

Jimmie Mathena takes Murphy out of a carrier on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. Murphy, a one-year-old neutered cat, was found by a woman who vetted him before dropping him off at the shelter in hopes of finding him a forever home. (Laura Simon)

Samantha Rupp visits with Toker, a nine-month-old female kitten available for adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. The shelter has never had an empty cat room. (Laura Simon)

Isabel Jones pets Tucker as she reads "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down" to him on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. (Laura Simon)

Kittens sit awaiting adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on June 20, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Bryson after seeing seven-year-old Missy on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. (Laura Simon)

Puppies sleep in their kennel at the 40th anniversary of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)

A kitten awaits adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on June 20, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Hammy sits awaiting adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on June 20, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Cheyenne sits awaiting adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on June 20, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

A cat sits awaiting adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on June 20, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews)

Radley the dog shows off at the 40th anniversary of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri Saturday, Dec. 16 , 2017 in Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)