Rural animal shelters struggle with high intake rates and low adoptions, according to Shelter Animals Count data from 2024. These shelters also often work on limited resources and budgets.

"Everything you do to help a shelter, it means a lot," said Windsor, Mo., Dog Pound employee Marla Anderson.

Its bigger than what you think it is," Anderson said.

She works in the rural Missouri community about 90 minutes southeast of Kansas City, Missouri.

The Windsor city pound recently underwent some changes thanks to the help of of a Kansas City man and his nonprofit.

The pound has a new coat of paint, an HVAC system and a large, fenced dog run.

This was the exact goal Scott Poore said he had in mind when he started helping rural rescues.

"My heart is in rescue," Poore said. "I was put on eart

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