Sweet revenge for heartbreak — name a cockroach after your ex-lover for Valentine’s Day

Weedon says requests have been flooding in from all over the world. Picture: Gerhard Mey/Reuters

Weedon says requests have been flooding in from all over the world. Picture: Gerhard Mey/Reuters

Published Feb 15, 2022

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CAPE TOWN - Never mind cutting up their clothes or chucking out their belongings, now jilted lovers can take revenge by naming a cockroach after their ex for Valentine's Day.

Requests have been flooding in from all over the world to the Hemsley Conservation Centre, in south-eastern England, which runs the project as a fund-raiser.

“If you’ve had a particularly nasty breakup and you need a pick me up, it’s a good way to have a little giggle to yourself or with your friends,” operations manager Henry Weedon said.

The ‘Roach Board’ from the year 2020, featuring names of people who donated and their chosen name, is seen at the Hemsley Conservation Centre. Picture: Helena Williams/Reuters

The centre is also open to politicians' names being offered for the “Roach Board”.

“All names are welcome, and it’s all to raise money for the projects that we’re doing here at the zoo,” Weedon said.

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