Warning: The video above contains material that some viewers may find disturbing due to the graphic nature. Viewer discretion is advised.A popular fundraiser in Alaska is returning for Valentine’s Day, blending charity with a playful take on heartbreak.The Love Hurts fundraiser at Bird Treatment and Learning Center, known as Bird TLC, invites donors to symbolically feed a rat to a raptor and to name that rat after an ex, with a video of the moment.Two ambassador birds, Culuck and Ghost, stand by to assist during the event.Donors can participate at several levels: $50 to feed a symbolic rat to a raptor; $100 to name the rat after the ex; and $10 for a magpie to eat mealworms while stomping on the ex’s heart.Bird TLC said the fundraiser has become one of its best, and organizers hope to repeat that success.
Warning: The video above contains material that some viewers may find disturbing due to the graphic nature. Viewer discretion is advised.
A popular fundraiser in Alaska is returning for Valentine’s Day, blending charity with a playful take on heartbreak.
The Love Hurts fundraiser at Bird Treatment and Learning Center, known as Bird TLC, invites donors to symbolically feed a rat to a raptor and to name that rat after an ex, with a video of the moment.
Two ambassador birds, Culuck and Ghost, stand by to assist during the event.
Donors can participate at several levels: $50 to feed a symbolic rat to a raptor; $100 to name the rat after the ex; and $10 for a magpie to eat mealworms while stomping on the ex’s heart.
Bird TLC said the fundraiser has become one of its best, and organizers hope to repeat that success.
