Love rats: Canadians get chance to feed rodents named after old flames to owls

Like an angel of death (for past relationships). Photograph: Rob Nagel Photography/Alamy

Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. And for an endangered owl breeding program in Canada, it’s also a dish best served dead.

For the price of a coffee, spurned and disgruntled lovers can revel in the satisfaction of having a dead rat named after an ex, before it is fed to a northern spotted owl.