❤️ Punch

😡😡😡😡 A coupla days ago I shook with rage & tears in my eyes when I saw what they were doing to Punch the monkey; I honestly didn't think I'd be able to go to sleep that night before finding out to my & everybody else's great relief that he's gonna be just fine after all: 🤗

Punch, a 7-month-old macaque monkey, had no friends.

His mother abandoned him. He wasn’t quite fitting in with the other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo. The closest thing he had to loved ones were the zookeepers who look after him, and a stuffed animal from IKEA.

But a series of widely shared posts showing his predicament — including a hashtag started by the zoo, #HangInTherePunch — have put Punch in the global spotlight and made him somewhat of an internet celebrity.

Legions of fans from around the world have been cheering Punch on, welcoming him as a bright spot during intense current events. There’s little question as to why: Punch is adorable. And there are signs he has started to gain confidence with the other monkeys.

I'm also only barely joking when I say I can't remember the last time the entire country seemed to rally together over something. 🤗🕺

And let me tell you something, ladies: if your man doesn’t get choked up about Punch the monkey then you need to leave him. 

WE LOVE YOU PUNCH!!