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Darwin 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...
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Dear 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...
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Sanctuary 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...
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Lawyer 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...
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‘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...
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Where 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...
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Ikea 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...
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‘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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Ikea monkey ‘mom’ signed form transferring ownership of Darwin, animal...
OSHAWA, Ont. — A Toronto animal services officer says a woman who owned the Ikea monkey voluntarily signed a form transferring ownership. David Behan is testifying at the trial for a lawsuit launched...
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‘It was clear somebody owned him’: Lawyer for Ikea monkey’s ‘mom’ argues...
OSHAWA, Ont. — The fate of the Ikea monkey is in the hands of an Ontario judge who will weigh, among other issues in the rather unique case, whether he is a wild animal or a pet mistakenly given away....
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Ikea monkey Darwin should not be returned to woman who calls herself his...
Peter J. Thompson / National PostYasmin Nakhuda, the former owner of Darwin the Ikea monkey enters the Durham Regional Courthouse in Oshawa, Ontario on Thursday May 30, 2013 After months of dramatic...
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Ikea monkey’s ‘mom’ ordered by court to repay $83,000 in legal costs to...
TORONTO — The former owner of the Ikea monkey must pay $83,000 in costs to a primate sanctuary she sued, an Ontario court ordered Friday. Yasmin Nakhuda, who has referred to herself as the monkey’s...
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‘Broken hearted’ Ikea monkey mom gives up legal battle for ownership of Darwin
The ownership battle over the Ikea monkey, whose antics and plight garnered attention worldwide, has finally ended with his heartbroken “mom” giving up her costly efforts to get him back from an animal...
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Ikea monkey now triple the size — and his sanctuary is asking for donations...
The year-long court battle to keep Darwin the Ikea Monkey took a toll on a little Ontario primate sanctuary. There were “unkind” phone calls and threats to burn down their barn. And now a year after it...
View ArticleGeorge Jonas: Lessons in Ikea primate care, courtesy of a surrealist Rosedale...
The only ocelot I ever knew lived in Rosedale. The toney Toronto neighborhood was more than a thousand miles north of her usual range, but she seemed content to leave the gullies and ravines to the...
View ArticleFull Pundit: Stephen Harper and hunger strike politics
How we got to Attawapiskat The National Post’s Jonathan Kay sees the roots of Attawapiskat’s current problems in the 1905 James Bay Treaty, which set the stage for a nomadic tribe of hunters eventually...
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Christie Blatchford: If Ikea monkey court case was about love, his owner...
OSHAWA, Ont. — As with countless love stories before it, so has this one come to a sorry end, with elegant lawyers making clever arguments before a judge. The case of the darling little monkey named...
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The former ‘Ikea monkey’ owner apparently has two new exotic primates and...
The woman who lost Darwin, Toronto’s infamous “Ikea Monkey,” is reportedly now the proud owner of two more exotic Japanese macaques, and animal rights activists aren’t too pleased about it. Browley...
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Darwin the ‘Ikea monkey’ getting evicted as animal sanctuary says it’s in...
TORONTO — The Ikea monkey needs help keeping a roof over its head. Darwin the monkey — whose story went viral in December 2012 when he was found wandering outside an Ikea store wearing a shearling coat...
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