A cat enjoys a rub during the Fur Ball

February 9, 2013 | 8:33 p.m. CST

Derek Hamm scratches the chin of Ernie the cat at the annual Fur Ball adoption event Saturday at the Central Missouri Humane Society. Many of the cats at the humane society were dressed in bow ties for the event.

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