Story of Punch the monkey finding comfort in stuffed animal after abandonment melts hearts

Zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan hand-reared the rescued monkey after his parents rejected him.
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Has Punch, an Adorable Baby Monkey, Struggled to Fit in With His Troop? Scientists Explain the Lives of Japanese Macaques

Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral ...
AOL

“Nature Is Cruel”: After Being Rejected By Mother, Baby Monkey Finds Comfort In Stuffed Toy

A baby macaque has adopted a stuffed animal after being rejected by his mother. Videos of the six-month-old, named Punch, carrying his companion around his enclosure at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Orphaned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed animal after being abandoned by mother at birth

Huge lines are forming outside a small zoo in Japan, all for one tiny monkey and the stuffed animal he refuses to let go of.