Set Recipient Default

The default is simply the first item in the select box. Hm, I see, you sorted them by alphabet – maybe you still put “General Information” first and then “–” as second item, so that “General Information” is still easy to spot when something else is selected by URL:

https://clermontpetsalive.org/about/contact-us/#Outreach

Oh, wait: CF7 itself could support this:

see
https://contactform7.com/checkboxes-radio-buttons-and-menus/

Something along the lines of:

[select* recipient .... default:4]

The default value works PERFECTLY – thank you Benjamin!