I passed this information on to a friend of mine whom I first met when I lived in Cambridge (we both volunteered at a cat shelter there) who now lives in Oregon... she grew up around St. Louis. I sent it to her in the hopes that she still knows people there she can pass it on to.

I haven't heard back from her yet, but I know she is swamped with her job (teacher for special-needs children) and her own several animals and all the animals around Springfield OR she is working to rescue..