INDIANAPOLIS Amanda Dehoney-Hinkle has stepped into the role of director at Indianapolis Animal Care Services (IACS).

With 15 years of leadership experience in municipal shelter operations and animal control, Dehoney-Hinkle tells WRTV she is eager to tackle the challenges facing the agency and enhance the care provided to the animals within the shelter.

"I started out at a young age working the medical side of animal welfare," she recalled. "I had the opportunity to go to the shelter, look for a pet of my own to adopt, and I knew then that I wanted to be in the sheltering side of animal welfare. That kind of drove my passion to get into that.

Her journey in the field began in 2010 as an animal control officer in Indianapolis, where she eventually advanced to the role of deputy chief of

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