Shayla AKA "Trudy"

Do you know where Shayla (now known as Trudy) is?

Shayla was “rescued” by Humane Society of the Dunes on September 26, 2023. She was originally at Indianapolis Animal Care Services (IACS Shelter Rescue Team) before HSotD pulled her. The founder of the rescue is Jane Hullsiek and the rescue is based out of Chesterton in Northwest Indiana (NWI).

According to her shelter notes, Shayla came to the Indy shelter because she was bonded to another dog who was injured and needed to be intaked. Shayla’s shelter medical history reveals no reason she was rescue only, although rescues often quickly pull small dogs from the shelter before they become available for adoption. The dog Shayla came in with did not go to rescue with her, although she was on the same IACS transport as two cats and one other dog up to Humane Society of the Dunes.

In February 2024, Jane posted an “update” about Shayla, the only time she’d been posted on the rescue’s social media. It stated “Shayla (now known as Trudy) is enjoying the outdoors with her ball.” Shayla’s update was different from most of the other “updates” she posted because it isn’t clearly identifiable as being in Jane’s home or yard, although like the other outside updates, it was likely not recent given the normal weather conditions in NWI in February.

It is interesting that Jane could provide an update on Shayla and Dorothy (including with new names), two small fluffy dogs that were never posted by IACS and had very brief shelter stays so they weren’t really well known (or known at all) to any IACS volunteers or staff, but she will not provide real updates on any of the larger pitbulls or shepherd type dogs (nor cats…) volunteers and staff have asked her about who were favorites and well-known. It’s almost like she continues to intentionally not understand what the purpose of an update is or why people who knew these animals might like to know what happened to them. We’ve confirmed that Dorothy, the other small dog we posted recently, was adopted by someone who lives a few hundred feet from Jane. Considering that Jane never posted any animals for adoption anywhere online, and we’ve yet to reach a single foster for her organization, our guess is Shayla was also adopted by someone Jane knows personally.

We’ve been searching for proof that the 110+ IACS animals Jane pulled were really adopted and/or fostered like she claims they were. If you know where Shayla is, reach out. We are offering $200* for substantial proof of her current whereabouts, and answers to a few questions.

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