Kitty Man

‼️$200 for proof of Kitty Man’s current whereabouts

Kitty Man was “rescued” by Humane Society of the Dunes in June 2022. 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 Northwest Indiana (NWI).

Kitty Man had been at the Indy shelter for a little more than a week before Jane took him. He had been surrendered to IACS by his owner, and his jaw was misaligned and the owner said it was an old break from years previous. The shelter’s vet had scheduled a sedated exam and x-rays for Kitty Man but he went to rescue before that occurred. He also was suffering from an upper respiratory infection and had been kennel-stressed during his time at IACS.

Humane Society of the Dunes in Chesterton, Indiana pulled him from the shelter. On the same day Jane took Kitty Man, she also pulled three other substantial medical cases:

• 👉Arnie (dog with heartworm)
• 👉Roxie (dog, peeing blood, persistent UTI not responding to antibiotics)
• 👉Jerry (cat needing FHO surgery)

No updates were ever posted by Jane on the Humane Society of the Dunes Facebook page about Kitty Man, Roxie, Arnie, nor Jerry. The four animals combined had about $1250 in pledges from donors on the IACS Rescue page. Jane and many other rescues complained that oftentimes pledges didn’t get honored, so they didn’t receive all of that money usually. In addition to these four animals, Humane Society of the Dunes also pulled four other animals in June 2022: Rootbeer and Candi (dogs), Bucky and Daniel (cats). Rootbeer was a behavioral rescue, not medical, but Candi, Bucky, and Daniel were medical cases.

One might think that the rescue would need to do a public fundraiser of some kind on their page to help raise money for the medical needs of these animals. One might think that the rescue would post happy updates as Roxie’s urinary issue improved, or after Kitty Man’s broken jaw healed, or after Jerry had his FHO surgery, or after Arnie started heartworm treatment, or after Candi’s skin issues showed improvement, or after Bucky had his echocardiogram and dental surgery, or after Daniel got his dental surgery, or after Rootbeer showed behavioral improvements with training and enrichment and consistency. One might think the fosters of these animals would share them on Facebook as many fosters like to do. One might think the rescue would post an update when the animals went to their “forever homes”. However, it seems one would be wrong if one expected Humane Society of the Dunes to behave in a way most other rescues behave.

Did Kitty Man get the vet care he needed and get adopted into a loving home? We think it’s time to find the adopters and fosters of these animals. What will it take for one to come forward? Someone out there knows where Kitty Man and the others are. We are offering $200* for proof of Kitty Man’s current whereabouts. Kitty Man would be about 8 years old now.

• *$100 from the admins of this page
• *$100 from a generous supporter

Please note that this Saturday is the last day to claim the monetary incentive we are offering for these animals. If you know something, now is the time to speak up.