Little Punch, with a difficult fate, found a friend

A macaque from a Japanese zoo, abandoned by his mother and rejected by other monkeys, finally found a friend. An adult monkey began to care for him.

The story of little Punch from a Japanese zoo, which began as a tragic story about an abandoned child, has found a long-awaited and joyful ending. The baby's life was full of trials: after his mother abandoned him, Punch faced the cold shoulder of his fellow monkeys—the macaque troop refused to accept the "outsider" into their midst. Severe loneliness led to the baby's only comfort being a stuffed animal, which he clung to in an attempt to compensate for the lack of warmth. However, the time for "artificial friends" is over.