Mysterious monkey in posh miniature winter coat found alone at Toronto Ikea
A small monkey, dressed in a shearling-like winter coat, was on the loose outside an Ikea in Toronto’s North York area on Sunday, after letting itself out of its cage and the car belonging to its...
View ArticleIkea monkey is named Darwin, only seven months old and is likely headed for...
The Ikea Monkey has a name and it is not Billy or Johan, but fittingly, Darwin. Toronto’s Animal Services says Darwin, a rhesus macaque monkey, which was found in a shearling-like winter coat at a...
View ArticleIkea monkey Darwin headed to animal sanctuary in Ontario
Darwin, the Ikea monkey, is on his way to a new home: the Storybook Farms Primate Sanctuary in Sunderland, about 100 km northeast of Toronto. That makes it unlikely he will be popping up in any store...
View ArticleIkea monkey Darwin checks into his new home at animal sanctuary in rural Ontario
Umm saw a monkey in the #ikea parking lot. http://t.co/ZFJdIlQl— Bronwyn Iler Page (@broniewyn) December 09, 2012 After shooting to international fame in a matter of hours, a well-dressed monkey found...
View ArticleIkea monkey owner says she wants Darwin back as videos reveal her life with...
The owner of a monkey caught wandering outside a Toronto Ikea this weekend says the tiny primate rarely left her side until he was confiscated by authorities — and she wants him back. Yasmin Nakhuda...
View ArticleIkea monkey Darwin ‘not mourning’ loss of owner, animal sanctuary says
TORONTO — The baby monkey found wandering outside a Toronto Ikea store this weekend was so attached to his owner he’d have panic attacks whenever she was out of sight, a woman who considered him part...
View ArticleIkea monkey’s owner heading to court to get him back from animal sanctuary
TORONTO — The owner of a monkey who was found in a Toronto Ikea parking lot last weekend wearing a shearling coat is going to court to get him back. Yasmin Nakhuda has filed a motion with the Ontario...
View ArticleIkea Monkey Darwin’s former owner has a decent case for getting him back:...
The former owner of Darwin, the Ikea monkey, has a decent chance at success when she goes to court on Thursday in a bid to win him back, says one lawyer who specializes in animal rights cases. “Based...
View ArticleIKEA Monkey’s ‘Mom’ says she will get famous pet back home ‘no matter what’
Stella Magic, yes sir, that is her real name, and Magic, said Stella Magic, while standing in a parking lot out front of a Toronto Animal Services shelter on the northern edge of the city, is spelled...
View ArticleIkea monkey’s Toronto owner leaves court without monkey, but with his tiny...
OSHAWA, Ont. — The owner of a monkey found wandering in an Ikea parking lot is set to learn Friday whether she will get to take him home, albeit temporarily, but she didn’t leave an Ontario courthouse...
View ArticleWill Darwin be home for Christmas? Judge to decide Ikea monkey’s fate today
The fate of Darwin the Ikea monkey centres on what kind of “property” he is: a domesticated pet, as his owner contended in court Thursday, or a wild animal, as argued by the sanctuary where he now...
View ArticleDarwin the Ikea monkey won’t be going home for the holidays, judge rules
The glamorous owner of the world-famous Ikea monkey, Yasmin Nakhuda, left court empty-handed and in tears Friday after a Superior Court judge denied her request for interim custody of the tiny primate...
View ArticleDear Diary: The abject, existential terror of the Ikea Monkey
Each week the National Post imagines the past five days of a notable newsmaker. Today, Tristin Hopper gets in the head of the Ikea Monkey. Monday It is worth noting that, despite popular accounts of my...
View ArticleSanctuary alleges Ikea monkey was strangled and hit with a wooden spoon
TORONTO — The battle over a Japanese macaque known as the Ikea monkey is heating up, with a primate sanctuary alleging his owners strangled the animal, hit him with a wooden spoon and planned to have...
View ArticleLawyer for Ikea monkey’s owner denies claims from sanctuary the animal was...
A week after a primate sanctuary alleged Darwin the Ikea monkey suffered abuse at the hands of owner Yasmin Nakhuda, the woman’s lawyer has hit back, publicizing evidence the animal was unharmed when...
View Article‘The officer basically tricked me:’ Ikea monkey’s owner says she was badgered...
Amid ominous references to “the Ikea incident” and testimony from a woman who claims she can “speak macaque,” the spectacle of Darwin the Ikea monkey was back in an Oshawa courthouse Thursday. Lawyers...
View ArticleWhere will the Ikea monkey hang up his coat? Ruling on who owns Darwin...
OSHAWA, Ont. — An Ontario judge is set to rule today on where Darwin the Ikea monkey will live while a trial to decide his ownership is held. Yasmin Nakhuda refers to herself as the Ikea monkey’s mom...
View ArticleIkea monkey needs to bid ‘mom’ adieu, as Superior Court rules he will stay at...
As she swept out of an Oshawa courthouse amid a frenzy of media cameras, Yasmin Nakhuda lamented that her love for Darwin the Ikea monkey was not enough to sway a Superior Court judge. Her comments...
View Article‘I needed to see him’: Ikea monkey’s ‘mother’ accused of seeking the...
Bronwyn Page / The Canadian PressDarwin, the IKEA monkey. Samar (Sam) Katoch was sitting outside courtroom 105 on Friday, fiddling with his phone. It was 30 minutes before his common-law wife, Yasmin...
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