IKEA is rallying behind a baby macaque in Japan who captured the world's heart with his love for a stuffed orangutan.

In a new video of Punch, the baby monkey is dragged around in circles by an adult monkey, upsetting animal lovers around the globe. The zoo explains.

After a clip of orphaned macaque Punch being pulled by other monkeys spread online, his Japanese zoo said the behavior reflects normal social learning within the troop.

A baby monkey has received an outpouring of sympathy after footage showed him being bullied by a much bigger adult.

Punch the Monkey, a baby at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo, went viral after bonding with a plush toy. Here’s why the internet can’t stop talking about him.

Punch, a Japanese macaque, received an outpour of online love after videos of him clutching a small orangutan plushie at the Ichikawa City Zoo went viral.

Punch was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth and the zoo-keepers had to step in to care for him. First, they tried giving him rolled-over towels for warmth.

Punch is no longer the lonely baby monkey clutching a stuffed toy for comfort. After days of heartbreak and viral concern, the young macaque who was rejected by his mother shortly after birth is finally getting the one thing he needed most,