Two U.S. nationals were fined 300,000 yen ($1,876) each on Friday over a trespassing incident at the enclosure of Punch, a Japanese macaque that went viral for clinging to an orangutan plushie at a zoo near Tokyo.
Punch and other monkeys from a zoo in Japan will benefit from air conditioning and a larger yard. Local authorities in the city of Ichikawa have allocated a budget of $437,000 for...
The Ichikawa zoo staff didn't like the fact that someone else besides them wanted to ease the pain of Punch, who was left alone, with a stuffed animal.