TOKYO: A Japanese zoo said it is rethinking the name of a baby monkey after a public poll decided on “Charlotte”, following complaints it was disrespectful to Britain’s newborn princess.
Mt Takasaki Wild Monkey Park announced the name on Wednesday after it came top in a vote, a tradition at the zoo for the first macaque monkey born each year.
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