Punch the monkey, initially an outcast, finds some friends (and the internet's support)

The heartbreaking tale of a lonely baby monkey at a Japanese zoo has seemingly taken a wholesome turn

An orphaned monkey (and his cuddly pal) has social media swooning

An abandoned baby monkey at a Japanese zoo who found comfort in a stuffed animal is slowly being accepted by the rest of the troop.

Numbers of very rare monkey species start to swing back to health

Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys have been found in a forest in Vietnam - that's still not a huge number, but it's good news for conservationists.
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Abandoned baby monkey named Punch who only had cuddly toy for a mother finally finds REAL family

AN abandoned baby monkey who broke hearts after being spotted using a cuddly toy as a stand-in parent has finally been reunited with his troop. Seven-month-old Punch, a Japanese macaque, was
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The full heartbreaking story of Panchi-Kun, the lonely monkey causing meltdowns on Twitter

This sad story started in July 2025, when Punch the monkey was born. Sadly, his biological mother rejected him, which would have been a death sentence for the macaque in the wild. Thankfully, keepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan were on hand to help.