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

Program is meant to help the endangered northern spotted owl - and it's only C$5! - but rat lovers are not amused

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.