In our November-December 2023 situation, we’re placing a highlight on three nonprofit organizations on the Eastside innovating inside their respective sectors. Read on for the primary; keep tuned within the coming weeks for extra.
At Motley Zoo Animal Rescue in Redmond, there’s an abundance of lovely and adoptable furry companions that simply can “Kickstart (Your) Heart” with only a look.
Founding Executive Director jme (pronounced Jamie) Thomas and Bryan, her husband and Director of Marketing at Motley Zoo, are longtime animal welfare advocates, and when the chance arose to strive one thing totally different in 2009, they started Motley Zoo, a nonprofit foster-based animal rescue that connects adoptable critters to the native rock and metallic music scene.
Hence the identify that rings a bell for followers of American heavy metallic band Mötley Crüe.
Obviously followers of the metallic scene, jme and Bryan discovered a big and principally untapped community inside the space’s rock music group.
Many of the organization’s adoptable pets have been named after well-known bands and have traveled backstage to satisfy a number of the best names in music, together with Alice Cooper, The Offspring, Slayer, and extra.
Once backstage with their namesakes, the animals are photographed alongside band members (sometimes in a inexperienced room earlier than heading onstage), after which the pictures are shared broadly throughout Motley Zoo’s socials to get the phrase out in regards to the animals’ adoption standing.
Often, band members or related acts will repost pictures on-line or put on Motley Zoo merch, bringing the potential pet to an excellent wider community of potential adopters.
In addition to its distinctive theme, Motley Zoo approaches every adoption with compatibility between applicant and pet as its prime precedence. If professionals at Motley Zoo imagine that an applicant gained’t make the perfect match for the animal that they’re in search of, the adoption merely doesn’t take place, and better-suited pets are beneficial.
“We’re seeing unprecedented numbers of animals who need homes right now,” mentioned jme. “So, give (fostering) a shot — the chances are that you can do it. And if you never want to do it again, you don’t have to. But even that one time makes such a difference for that one animal.”
