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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, Hi there, Detroit Wheels.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hey, doctor John Morantick and mad Bonza from the Animal
Shelter and Taylor.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
All right, well, thank you guys for checking in this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I certainly appreciate that. What a great event.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
By the way, let me just start out by saying that,
but rock promoter John Moranick and head of the Taylor
Animal Shelter, we've got Matt Bonza. I want to get
to Matt here in just a minute because I'm interested
about the Tailor Shelter.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
But I'd like to start.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
With you on this event coming up, and it's going
to be this Saturday, and it's a great cause.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
The benefit for the Tailor Animal Shelter.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
The hair band experience, I love that, and it's out
there at the Taylor Heritage Park pavilion. And John, if
you would, why don't you run down some of this
entertainment you've got, because I see you've got some of
the best tribute bands in the country really, so tell
us a little bit about that.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
First off.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, I decided to do something for the Tailor Animal Shelter.
It's a no kill shelter and I just I'm a big,
huge dog fan, so I kept I was talking to
a friend of mine, one of the guys that play
in one of the bands, John Melendez, and I said,
you know what, we should do something for the for
the animals. You know, you want to do an outdoor show.
(01:14):
We could do an our door show and do it
for them. So we partnered with the city, and the
city has been very giving to us and give lend
us uster pavilions or outdoor pavilions. I got some great
acts coming out. Man, the rat Trap. They do the
rat Uh tribute, the Bonjovi tribute, Uh, the Poison tribute
(01:35):
is it's going to be a great, great, great night.
And then on top of that, they have the deth
Leppard tribute, which is really good. These guys play all
over the country. Dog, They're all over the country. They
play every weekend somewhere, and they decided to make a
stop here and do it here with us.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Now I've heard I've heard John. First off, you know
you're a great rock promoter, so I'm going to take
your word for it that you know these guys. But
I've heard this rat Trap from around the country. And
tell us a little bit about them, because they may
be the closest thing to rat outside of Stephen Piercy.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Right. That's correct, absolutely correct. And I don't know if
you remember, we were at the Tokien Lounge and you
were due were hosting a show out there for a
memorial show, and they had they had opened it up
for us and started. But they sound great. They look
like them. I mean the singer is real close. Man.
It's just really really good.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah, yeah, I remember they were. They were damn good.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So Rat Trap, you got Rock of Love and then,
like you said, you got the def Leopard Armageddon Band
and Jovi, and boy, it couldn't be more timely with
bon Jovi because he's all over the news with his
new book and you know, his documentary and the new album.
So everybody loves bon Jovi and the Motor City I
know that for a fact, so should be.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
A good one.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Now, John, do you need a ticket to get in?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Yeah? Take us are available online if you look at
the advertising. I don't have the link, but there're gonna
be plenty of seats. It's a twelve dollars ticket at
the door. Man. It's all these great, great players and
the money is going to help animals and the shelter
is a no kill shelter, so it has my heart.
They have a lot of challenges in that. So there's
(03:22):
twelve bucks to get a ticket the VIP where you
get a seed up in front, and it's just gonna
be a great, great night. It's really good to take off.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I really do like that Taylor Heritage Park pavilion. I've
been out there, you know, several times with bands before.
I think you guys are in luck with.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
That for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Just so we know, Doug, we keep us trade here.
There will be a beer tent there, and there will
be food trucks there. Oh, you can come and hang
out and everything you need will be there for a
great party.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
There you go.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
So let's talk to Matt Bonds. Up you are with
the Taylor Animal Shelter. I take it, Matt. How are you, buddy?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Good?
Speaker 4 (04:03):
How you doing?
Speaker 1 (04:03):
I'm doing very.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Well, and uh, you know, first off, good luck with
this event. It is a event that is uh and
a cause that is near and dear to a lot
of our hearts. And of course out there at the
Tailor Animal Shelter, you obviously see everything that happens out
there on a daily basis, So uh, let's start out
(04:28):
with you know, how have things gone this year and
why why is it necessary to do a benefit like this.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Well, you know, as John mentioned, we are an o'kill
shelter for adoptables, and it's you know, it's a great reason,
but it also causes some certain challenges such as number
of analyism and coming into shelters across the country. You know,
you're talking about three point two million dogs and about
three point million three point three million cats like Cornell
last year statistic statistical numbers Parent Taylor, we've gone up
(04:59):
for projective go up this year probably about one hundred
fifty more animals coming into our shelter compared to last year,
which is is quite a bit. We're not that big
of a shelter.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
So what would be the reason that there's such an
increase in that, Matt.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
You know, from what we look at and what we've seen,
a lot of it has to do with it has
a lot to do with the economy. You know, food
is extremely expensive, that's are extremely expensive. With that's being expensive,
a lot of people do not stay un to their animals,
which is one of the most important things to do
if you do have a pet, because it prevents having
an overpopulation of animals that have been a shelter. So
(05:32):
that that's a lot of the driving factors is the economy.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Wow, that's that's kind of sad in a way because
when I you know, any every pet I've ever had,
whether it was a turtle or a tarantula or you know,
my dog or cat, I've always felt like as part
of a family, you know, so, uh, you.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Know, a lot of times it is it is kind
of heartbreaking to see people turning in their animals that
they've had for two or three years but they just
literally can't afford it anymore.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yeah, I mean it is a stark reality of what
we're facing right now with the economy and and what's
going on in the country right now. So, boy, there's
an eye opener right there. So you are a no
kill facility. They've mentioned that a couple of times, and
I think that is so great. Now is there more
cost in that? Obviously you're keeping the dogs a longer time,
(06:23):
and you've got to feed them for a longer period
of time, and you've got to work on getting them
adopted for a longer period of time.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Right, Yes, the length of stay of an animal in
here is increased greatly. I mean it's I have a
couple of dogs in here right now that are probably
been here nearly a year. One of their office dogs,
who's a great dog, you know, but it's you know,
you should be in a home, not in our office.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
So I understand that you guys right now are working
on expanding the facility the shelter.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Has that started yet, yes, it.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Started probably about a month and a half ago. Thanks
to the Mayor of the city Council on our tipple board,
you know, we were granted a lot of funds to
take care of the shelter. It's going from five thousand
square feet to about fourteen thousand square feet, increasing number
of kennels. We're a lot of putting like our meat
and great rooms, recovery rooms, isolation rooms like our We'll
(07:17):
have multiple outdoor runs now so the animals while they're
hair You know, it's an extremely stressful environment for an
animal to be here. Our goal is to try to
make it as less stressful as possible. We go by
what we call care and capacity. A certain number of
animals we take in make sure their care is taken
care of because we don't be overloaded with animals because
then the charrea drops for the animals. So you know,
(07:38):
our goal is to make it as we don't want
to make, you know, as comfortable as possible. But again
they shouldn't they should really be in a home, not
in the shelter environment.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
So out there at the at the Tailor Animal Shelter,
is that like your biggest need expansion right now because
so many dogs and cats are coming in.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Yes, and in nutshell, it's you know, we're increasing the
capacity we can hold, but it's still those back to
you know, the animals that are in here. We need
to make sure we're we're expanding another areas too, like
our foster program, to where the animals are not necessarily
in the shelter, but they're still available for adoption. It's
it's it's a challenge.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
So Matt, if people wanted to let's say they can't
make it Saturday, but they wanted to still and they
hear this and they still want to donate out to
the Tailor Animal Shelter, is there a way to do that?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
You know, you can donate monetarily to the shelter, or
you know, we need food, litter, towels, toys.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Okay, wow, you.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Know, and that's you know, you can come drop that
off here at any time, you know, if if people
want to volunteer their time to come up here and
help walk dogs and pet the cats. And you know
that that's very important too. And like I mentioned before,
the foster program, we're we're starting a really good, robust
foster program to get animals out of here, you know.
And again, like I mentioned earlier too about span neutering,
(08:54):
if you just spand neu to your animals, it prevents
them from various things have happening. One is overpopulation and
then them you know, when they're not spader newdor, they
have a tendency to roam a lot more too.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So where are you guys located?
Speaker 3 (09:05):
If people wanted to bring like blankets and toys and
food or even some cash, where should they come to.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
Well, we're at two five five five five North Line,
the corner of Beach Daily in North Line Roads in.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Taylor, Okay.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
So how long have you guys? How long have you
been there, Matt? And how long has the facility been there?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
I've been here for nine years now. I'm part of
the Department of Public Works. The Shelter's one other of
our divisions have fall underneath me in this building. This
shelter building was built in nineteen ninety six, so it's
well out dated and needs to be upgraded anyway.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Yeah, all right, well, congratulations, good luck on this event.
I'm glad to see John moranick doing some good once
in a while for the community instead of, you know,
causing trouble out there on the streets. But no, you're
a good man, John, and this is a great cause.
You know, once again, why don't you go over the
(10:01):
ticket situation so people know exactly what they need to
do when they get there.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Yeah, they get to get a ticket. Simply come to
the pavilion if there's an adoption that happens from twelve
to five. If you want to come from and a
dot a dog, oh wow, or just check out what's
going on with the animal shelter. At six o'clock will
be the doors for the show, and you can go
right to the ticket booth, buy a ticket and walk
right in. It's twelve bucks at the door. It's cheap.
(10:28):
It's a big show. Like I said, there's a bear cat,
there's food trucks at a nice party. Atmosphere. Tayler's really
took care of us on this one.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Absolutely, I'm looking forward to it for sure, and thanks
for including me in this event, John, Here. Band Experience
would tribute bands like Jovi and Armageddon and Rock of Love.
And I'm excited to see rat Trap too because i
know how good they are, so it should be a
great event. Looking forward to some nice weather and a
(11:00):
good turnout. Have have we moved some tickets in advance?
Speaker 2 (11:04):
John, We've are doing okay our ticket sales. We've sold
a lot of the VIP tickets which wouldn't entitled to
do a chair up front and access to certain areas.
We're solding a millan of those, and so some general mission.
We're doing good on the advanced tickets. Well, the tickets
will not run out, just as everybody knows. We have
plenty of rooms. Yeah, we have plenty of room.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Yeah, it's a big space and the VIPs at the
door are like twenty five dollars yees. Yeah, all right,
well both John and Matt you know, listen, thank you
guys so much for putting all the hard work into this.
It's going to be easy for guys like me just
to show up and and you know, and call attention
to this and and of course the fans coming out,
(11:47):
we'll see a great show for a really really good cause,
something that you know, we should probably look at all
across the state and in different communities too as well,
to help benefit some of these animal shelters. But Taylor,
you're stepping up. Ben and Matt, we certainly appreciate it.
We salute you and John Moranick, thank you so much
(12:09):
for letting us know all about this event. And we'll
certainly let people know and we'll see on out there.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Thank you so much. Jak thanks for your hard working
rock and roll man. Couldn't do it without you.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
We appreciate it here too at Detroit's wheels.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
We're behind you, guys, and let's hope we get a
good crowd out there for the benefit for the Tailor
Animal Shelter Saturday, October fifth at the Taylor Heritage Park Pavilion.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
And good luck, guys, I'll see you there.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Thanks dogging all right, thank you