Have you ever had an ex that makes you angry whenever you think of him?
If so, the Hemsley Concervation Centre in the south-east of the UK could vent your anger by asking you to name a cockroach after your predecessor.
The animal protection centre is home to more than a dozen adult Malagasy sounding cockroaches and hundreds of larvae, and you only need to donate £1.50 to have the opportunity to name a cockroach after a former, an event that also funds the zoo's conservation program.
Donors receive a certificate where personalized information can be added, and the name of the selected cockroach will be published on a "cockroach board" on Valentine's Day.
"If you've had a particularly painful breakup and want to wake yourself up, it's a great way to make both you and your friends feel joy." If you want to give it a politician's name, you are also very welcome and we are receiving all names this year. Henry Weedo, operations manager at the Helmsley Animal Protection Center, told the media.
The Hemsley Center for Animal Protection launched the campaign in 2019 and received more than 2,000 names in 2020, some of which belong to the donor's predecessors, but some of which are politicians, such as Boris Johnson, Donald Trump or David Cameron.
But the zoo isn't the only zoo that allows customers to name cockroaches; other zoos have done the same, like The San Antonio Zoo in the United States, where you can name cockroaches after your predecessor for $5 or, more importantly, watch it eat on Facebook Live.
At the same time, you can also spend an extra $15 to give a rat named after your predecessor, and the campaign at san Antonio Zoo continues this year.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hemsley Animal Protection Centre was closed in 2021. But since reopening, hundreds of names have been applied. Henry said: "Because we have received a lot of requests from people from all over the world who want to name cockroaches, we have already restarted this project in 2022. ”
Of course, there are other ways to honor your predecessor, and Business Waste Management, a UK waste management company, is launching a campaign that gives you the opportunity to have your predecessor's name printed on the side of the bin.
Even better, this service is completely free, you just have to choose the bin size and note the name you want, there are a total of 50,000 bins available for order.
These bins will then be placed across the UK to store commercial waste from restaurants, bars and offices. You can also ask the company to send pictures of the bins and their locations, and go to the site to visit the punch card.
Mark Hall, the company's co-founder, said: "We hope this approach will help you leave your predecessors behind once and for all. ”
Jiupai News Intern Reporter Liang Xia