Joplin tornado animals
More than three weeks after an EF5 tornado ripped through Joplin, nearly 900 dogs and cats remain sheltered at the Humane Society, most of them unlikely to ever be reunited with their owners.
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Metta Butler, a volunteer veterinarian from Fayetteville, Ark. holds a sick dog at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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Kittens look out of their cage at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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Rescued dogs sit in their kennels at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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Volunteer Erica Iwinski, from Walnut Creek, Calif, gets a lick from a rescued dog at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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A kitten looks out of its cage at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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Volunteer Jennifer Peabody, from Walnut Creek, Calif, pets a rescued cat at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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Volunteer Danielle Hanisee, from New Orleans, La. walks a dog past kennels at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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A puppy looks out of its cage at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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Volunteer Jennifer Peabody, from Walnut Creek, Calif, pets rescued kittens at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
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Kittens look out of their cage at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
Charlie Riedel Associated Press