Zoo Allows You to Name a Cockroach After Your Ex
A zoo in Canada is offering people a chance to name a cockroach after their ex this valentine's day.
Whether it is an irritating ex, annoying boss or a nosy relative, there is someone in everyone's life whom they absolutely hate. Now, a zoo in Canada is offering people a chance to vent their feelings in an unusual way.
With Valentine's Day coming up, Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy has launched a new name-a-roach campaign, which gives people a chance to name a cockroach in someone's honour. For a minimum donation of $25 (Rs 1507), the zoo will allow you to name a Cockroach after anyone whom you don't like. To name a cockroach, people can go online and select "Dedicate your donation," select "In honour of," and fill in the blank to provide a name of their choosing. Post that, they will receive a digital certificate with the roach's name, a shareable digital graphic, and a charitable tax receipt.
However, the Toronto Zoo said there are naming limits, and that hate speech and profanity will not be tolerated. Moreover, naming opportunities are not limited to exes - you can name a roach after your boss, ex-friend, relative, or anyone else that has been 'bugging' you.
On their website, the zoo added a disclaimer, noting that the Toronto Zoo and the Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy respect all creatures - big and small. Cockroaches play a very integral ecological role in their rainforest homes by helping to decompose forest litter and animal waste matter and are, in turn, food for many other animals.
Some zoos like the Lehigh Valley Zoo in Pennsylvania, USA allows people to name a bug after their former partner just for $5 or Rs 374. The zoo then feeds the bug to their animals, helping you in getting over your past relationship. The Lehigh Zoo advertised the offer on their Twitter page for this Valentine’s Day and wrote in the poster, “Name a bug after your ex and we will feed it to one of our animal ambassadors!”
