If you’re feeling a little like Olivia Rodrigo’s album Sour this Valentine’s Day, don’t text your ex or queue up your angsty breakup Spotify playlists just yet. The Little Rock Zoo is hosting “UnValentine’s Day” at 10 a.m. on Feb. 14.
From now until 9:30 a.m. on Valentine’s Day, guests can purchase broken hearts — to feed to tigers — for an online donation of $10 or on-site donation of the same to Little Rock Zoo’s tiger conservation efforts. After a short speech from staff to guests, the zoo’s tigers will all be released to feast on broken hearts, taking the bad memories from previous relationships and “situationships” with them.
This is a great opportunity to take a break from the absence of love in the air and engage with animals, support the tigers and, in the spirit of good-humored fun, celebrate broken hearts.
Enrichment is important for engaging animals with their instincts. Since zoo animals do not experience the same challenge wild animals do, enrichment simulates the hunt for food, defense of territories and seeking of shelter so they receive the proactive brain and body exercise.
For more information about the UnValentine day event, visit the zoo’s website.
Photo courtesy Little Rock Zoo.
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