In Hamilton, Ohio, the Animal Friends Humane Society is holding a unique fundraiser as a lead-up to Valentine’s Day.
It claimed that it will name a cat litter box after an ex romantic partner.
This gesture will cost $5 per box, while the promotion will run until the 12th of February.
The shelter will then reveal all the sponsored litter boxes, names included, in their social media page post on Valentine’s Day.
The promotion on their website reads: “Don’t spend this Valentine’s Day down in the dumps! Instead, cheer yourself up while making a difference for animals in need.”
“For a $5 donation we will write your Ex’s name in a litter box and give it to the cats, to let them do what they do best!”
The fundraiser is far from the only somewhat strange animal-related promotion tied to the love-themed holiday.
Meanwhile there are several zoos offering an almost the same promotion, allowing visitors to buy a cockroach, name it after their former flame and then have it fed to one of the institution’s resident roach-eating animals like a lizard.
The payment then ensures the person is able to watch the insect get eaten. In some cases, the zoo will send a video or link of the feeding to the roach’s namesake.
New York’s Bronx Zoo as well as zoos in San Antonio and Toronto run similar programs.
While the Lehigh Valley Zoo in Pennsylvania offers naming your ex after a cricket and the Maui Humane Society on the other hand is offering the opportunity to name an unpleasant object after your ex – “trash” perhaps?