BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – A Michigan zoo is hosting an exotic, erotic afternoon on Valentine’s Day, when consenting adults will get an unabashed look at how wild animals make babies.

WWMT-TV says the $50-per-couple, adults-only event at Binder Park Zoo – dubbed “Zoorotica” – is sold out and there’s even a waiting list.

Visitors will receive champagne, hors d’oeuvres, a video presentation and a guided tour, including the homes of snow leopards, giraffes, zebras and various primates and reptiles. Some stops will be areas not usually open to the public.

The Battle Creek Enquirer reports that other zoos have offered similar programs – with cute names like “Woo at the Zoo” and “Jungle Love.”

Virginia man charged with killing hawk to help squirrel

VIENNA, Va. – For a Virginia doctor, squirrels are a man’s best friend, too.

Thomas Shepler, a hand surgeon, shot a hawk to death in his backyard when he said the bird was eyeing a young squirrel that he and his wife had helped raise.

Shepler, 65, said the hawk had previously killed an adult squirrel near his suburban Washington home in Vienna. When the doctor tried to chase away the bird over the weekend by yelling and throwing a crowbar at it, the hawk didn’t leave the area.

So Shepler got a shotgun and killed it.

A police officer heard the shot Saturday and Shepler was arrested. He was charged with discharging a firearm in public and cruelty to animals.

Shepler says he cares about animals and is feeling a lot of anxiety and embarrassment over the shooting.

Compiled from Associated Press reports