Valentine's Rescue March 9, 2005 In March of 2005, Humane Society of Missouri rescue personnel received a call from a distraught cat owner in St. Francois County, who reported that his cat was shot by an angry neighbor using a bow and arrow. The neighbor was angry because the caller’s outside cat had attacked his outside cat.
More than 200 Animals Rescued from Alleged Hoarder in Franklin County August 3, 2004 The Franklin County Sheriff's Department served a warrant this morning to a woman in her 60s who was keeping more than 200 animals on her 22-acre property in St. Clair, Missouri. The sheriff's department, with the aid of the Humane Society of Missouri, is rescuing the animals: more than 130 dogs, two horses, a mule and nearly 100 cats. Humane Society of Missouri investigators have also found bodies of several dead animals.