Laser aimed at Punch the monkey in Japan prompts zoo’s ‘unacceptable’ warning

A zoo in Japan has issued a stern warning after a visitor is seen aiming a laser pointer at Punch, the baby macaque who became a viral sensation, in an online video. The Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Chiba prefecture told The Japan Times on Thursday that it received a call a day earlier about a YouTube video posted last week showing someone shining a laser on Punch. “It’s unacceptable,” Takashi Yasunaga, who is in charge of the city’s zoo division, told the newspaper. Pointing...

By SCMP’s Asia desk