Right royal rumpus over baby monkey
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A Japanese zoo has apologized after receiving complaints over naming a baby monkey Charlotte for the newborn British princess.
The Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden said yesterday it was considering renaming the macaque. It was flooded with angry calls and e-mails on Wednesday hours after announcing the name for its first monkey born this year, a tradition at the zoo run by the southern city of Oita.
Charlotte topped a public ballot, receiving 59 out of 853 votes before the monkey was born Wednesday.
Votes for Charlotte surged after the British princess was named on Monday and topped the ballot in the last three days of voting, which ran from March 27 to May 6.
Opponents largely said giving the princess鈥檚 name to a monkey was disrespectful to British royals. According to zoo official Akira Asano, some of them said that the Japanese people would feel offended if a monkey were named after Japanese princesses.
Asano said he was not aware of any complaints from British citizens. He said the zoo has also received support for Charlotte.
鈥淲e deeply apologize for causing trouble to many people over the naming of the first baby (monkey),鈥 said a statement posted on the zoo website. 鈥淲e take these opinions seriously.鈥
The zoo plans to seek advice from the British Embassy before making a decision on the monkey鈥檚 name, Kyodo News agency reported.
The embassy declined to comment.
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