Morris

‼️We are offering $100 for proof of Morris’s whereabouts today. Have you seen him? If you fostered or adopted him, or if you know something, please reach out.‼️ Please share this post!

Morris was “rescued” by Humane Society of the Dunes in February 2020. He was originally at IACS Shelter Rescue Team (formerly called IACS Rescue) and Indianapolis Animal Care Services (IACS) before HSotD pulled him. The founder of the rescue is Jane Hullsiek and the rescue is based out of Chesterton in Northwest Indiana (NWI).

Morris was “rescue only” at the Indy shelter because he was doing very poorly. He was a senior who had high glucose possibly indicating diabetes, was believed to be blind, he was dehydrated and vomiting, and had dental disease. He needed much more care than the shelter would be able to provide and urgently needed to go to rescue and get medical care.

Many rescues can not or will not pull a diabetic cat because they can be very difficult to find an adopter for, or even a foster home. Admirably, Humane Society of the Dunes stepped up for Morris.

Humane Society of the Dunes never posted any updates about Morris. Through public records requests we’ve determined that at least 55 cats went to Humane Society of the Dunes from Indianapolis Animal Care Services. We might never know the true number because frankly, the records provided by IACS had a number of discrepancies with the public IACS Shelter Rescue Team posts. Of those 55+ cats that Humane Society of the Dunes pulled, they only ever posted 3 of them (Asher, Bucky, and Littles, a single post each, and one comment on an IACS post about Asher).

52 the 55 cats that we know of went to Humane Society of the Dunes and were never posted about ever again. People involved with rescue, does that seem unusual to you? Most rescues post updates from fosters, updates about vet care, posts marketing the animals for adoption, adoption events, etc. Humane Society of the Dunes had pretty much none of those things before she recently deleted the rescue’s Facebook page.

Once again, we will pay $100 for proof of Morris’s whereabouts. The shelter’s documents listed him as either 10 or 13 years old in 2020, so he would be elderly now. We are absolutely positive that Jane isn’t the only one who knows the outcomes for these animals and we think it’s time that those who know something finally come forward.