Thirty-one animals rescued by Boone County Animal Control were turned over to the Central Missouri Humane Society on Monday.
The 17 cats and 14 dogs were originally taken in by Animal Control. After a residential fire in August in which the animals were rescued, the animals were turned back over to the owner after finding no sufficient evidence of animal abuse, according to Jason Wilcox, the senior planner at Boone County Animal Control.
But by Oct. 31, Animal Control obtained enough evidence to seize the animals, and the owner voluntarily gave them up.
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