Apr 1st
2025

Agnes was “rescued” by Humane Society of the Dunes from Northwest Indiana (NWI) in March 2023. She was originally at IACS Shelter Rescue Team (formerly called IACS Rescue) and Indianapolis Animal Care Services (IACS) before Humane Society of the Dunes pulled her. The founder of the rescue is Jane Hullsiek. When Agnes was originally posted by the shelter, she needed rescue because she had bad teeth and needed dental surgery, and had masses that needed to be removed. Because she wasn’t rescued for a while, she ended up having the needed procedures while still at the IACS shelter. She still ended up going to Humane Society of the Dunes after that.

Agnes’s story is similar to Keisha’s which we posted yesterday because they left the shelter on the same day. She left the shelter on March 12, 2023 as shown by her freedom ride photo, posted by the IACS Rescue page. The same day, Jane sent an update photo of Agnes lying on a couch under a blanket.

A facebook post from March 12, 2023 from the IACS Rescue page. The post reads 'We haven't had enough of seeing freedom rides today! Here is another! Agnes, Keisha, and Kiwi all got their FREEDOM RIDE today with Humane Society of the Dunes! Thank you Jane for driving down to pick them up quickly!' There is a photo-collage featuring the three dogs in kennels. Photos are closely cropped but presumably the kennels are in a car.
Freedom ride from March 12, 2023
A Facebook post from march 12, 2023 with poster's name redacted. the post reads 'Agnes and Keisha all settled in. Humane Society of the Dunes.' There are two photos, one of Agnes and one of Keisha. Agnes's photo shows her laying under a blue blanket.
Photos of the two dogs Humane Society of the Dunes just ‘rescued’ the same day, March 12, 2023

In February 2024, the Humane Society of the Dunes Facebook page (now deleted) posted a series of unusual “updates” on many animals, most of whom came from IACS. She stated “Agnes loves to sleep under her blankets” and provided the same photo from the day she had left the shelter nearly a year previous.

A screenshot from Humane Society of the Dunes, dated February 1, 2024. The post reads 'Agnes loves to sleep under her blankets'. The photo is the same photo of Agnes laying under a blue blanket from March 12, 2023.
An ‘update’ on Agnes from February 2024 using the same photo from the previous year.

For Keisha, Agnes, and many of the other animals she “updated” about in February 2024, why did she provide photos from the days they left the shelter instead of more recent photos?

Where is Agnes today? If you have proof of her current whereabouts, we will pay you $100 because we want to know what happened to Agnes. If you adopted her, surely you’ll be happy to share an update on Agnes to the people at the shelter who knew and loved her?

Agnes - a dog that was 'rescued' by the Northwest Indiana (NWI) Humane Society of the Dunes (founded by Jane Hullsiek) in Chesterton.

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