Veronica
Veronica was “rescued” by Humane Society of the Dunes on August 9, 2019. She was originally at Indianapolis Animal Care Services before HSotD pulled her. The founder of the rescue is Jane Hullsiek and the rescue is based out of Chesterton in Northwest Indiana (NWI).
Although “rescue only” animals are normally posted by the IACS Shelter Rescue Team page (formerly called IACS Rescue), there was no post made by them about Veronica. Oftentimes the rescue coordinator at IACS would reach out to rescues privately without posting the animals publicly, so this was not an uncommon occurrence. Through public records requests to the shelter, we know Veronica was listed as a 1 year old spayed American Bulldog mix.
A week before Veronica went to Humane Society of the Dunes, the Indy shelter posted a cute video of her enjoying a kiddy pool. Only adoptable/available animals were posted on the main shelter page traditionally so our guess is she was available and that HSotD pulled her because IACS was low on space and reached out to rescues to take large dogs to open kennel space. From public records requests, Veronica’s medical history showed she was taking trazodone, likely due to kennel stress.
Volunteers who had taken Veronica out for a doggy day out from IACS described her as having a sweet personality, very playful, well-behaved around other animals and crowds, getting along with preteen children, and friendly/social.
Humane Society of the Dunes never posted any updates about Veronica and their Facebook page is now deleted. Without public records requests we never would have known she existed and unfortunately she’s one of several animals Jane pulled with no posts by IACS or herself, or updates. Worse, the public records IACS supplied a few years ago with the “full list” of animals pulled from them by HSotD was incomplete, which we found by meticulously matching every rescue post to the list they sent. That’s why we say 110+ animals in our posts, because unfortunately we don’t know the true number 💔 We hope to do right by these animals by telling what little is known of their stories and finding out what happened to them.
We are offering a $100 gift to anyone who can provide proof of Veronica’s whereabouts today. She’d be about 6 years old today. If you fostered or adopted Veronica, or if you know what happened to her, please reach out. It’s never too late to speak up.
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