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SPCA shel e pe s make special delive ies o exes i ‘Poopy Vale i e’ fu d aise

You’ve bee  dumped by a fo me special someo e, o dumped o by a f ie d. 

A d wi h a day ce e ed o love comi g up, you’d like o flush away he offe de ‘s memo y i s yle.

How abou a Poopy Vale i e g ee i g  ha o o ly be efi s he SPCA of B eva d, bu offe s he se de s a cha ce o, um, elieve hemselves of pe -up emo io ?

He e’s he scoop(e ) o how he fu d aise , aka Is You Ex a Piece of (well, you k ow)?, wo ks.

Fo a $5 do a io , he ex’s mo ike  — fi s ame o ly! — is e ched o he bo om of a ca dboa d li e box, alo g wi h he ames of o he o -so-beloveds (fo a bigge do a io , you ca ge a solo li e box). O , also fo $5, choose he op io of seei g ha ame o a s icky o e — a ached o a fake mi i fi e hyd a . 

The , ado able adop able pe s will do hei doody o ai o he Vale i e’s Day pa ade, depe di g o which op io he se de has chose .

By day’s e d Feb. 7, he fi s day of his yea ‘s d ive, 13 do a io s a d ames had ickled i . The fi s yea of he eve , almos $3,000 was aised; i 2021, $1,200. This yea , he fu d aise u s h ough Vale i e’s Day.

Do a io s a e cha ed daily, wi h ames goi g i o he li e boxes o o he fi e hyd a s he ex day, said Susa Naylo , SPCA associa e di ec o .

We make a video of us filli g he li e box, so ha hey ca ac ually see i happe i g ( o he delive y i self), said Naylo . A d he we show hem he a imals who’ll be aki g ca e of hei ame.

Each af e oo , he PVP (Poopy Vale i e Pa ol) pu s oge he a video compila io of he day’s di y doi ‘s (OK, jus he ames pa ). Those videos a e pos ed o he SPCA’s Facebook page a d, depe di g o he size of he video, o I s ag am.

Mos ames submi ed a e hose of exes, Naylo said.

O e hi g ha ‘s o allowed: he ames of poli icia s. We s ay ou of poli ics so as o o upse ei he side, was he a swe o a Facebook que y abou he same.

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Two locals pa icipa e o ge he message ou abou adop i g pe s. They’ e SPCA employees who spli up as a couple bu co-pa e — Jamey, he h if s o e ma age a d Tia, he shel e ma age . The wo always e d up payi g mo ey o w i e hei ex’s ame i a li e box, jus fo good fu , Naylo  said. A d hey do i o came a eve y yea .

A e he e people who fi d his pili g-o a o -so-fu y vale i e?

Tu s ou few pooh-pooh he idea.

The fu d aise  has bee a big hi o da e, d awi g a couple of hu d ed do a io s a ually, said Naylo . She’s added he ames of he ow exes. She migh add a ew o e his yea , she said, if he does ‘ apologize. 

We o ly use fi s ames a d we’ e o bei g hu ful — i ‘s fo a good cause, she said. By a d la ge, mos people hi k his is amazi g. I ‘s  eally jus ge i g ou ame ou a d ge i g he wo d ou abou wha we do i a cheeky, fu way.

Bes of all, Naylo said, hose headi g o he websi e migh jus look a he available pe s a d decide o adop .

We ypically have be wee 200 a d 400 a imals a a y give ime, she said. A d i ‘s ge i g eady o be ki e seaso , p obably by he e d of his mo h o   he begi i g of Ma ch. So we ca always use ha ex a mo ey o help us wi h all he ki e s ha e d up comi g i .

Wi h he help of social media, wo d of his odife ous bu  hila ious app oach o fu d aisi g has sp ead fas e ha flyi g ki y li e .

O he a imal-based o ga iza io s have picked up o he idea o p ope ly memo ialize you leas favo i e oma ic e deavo s. 

I ‘s fu y, I was looki g a o he Vale i e’s Day ideas fo a imal welfa e fu d aise s, jus Googli g s uff, said Naylo .

A d o o e si e, ou s fo Poopy Vale i e was he ve y fi s o e o i .

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