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She REALLY wants her monkey back…and 15 people agree with her!

It's hard to image it's been 10 days since Darwin the macaque wandered into an IKEA store into Toronto, looking FAB and TOO CUTEz!

Darwin has been whisked away to a sanctuary in Sundarland, Ontario, but former owner Yasmin Nakhuda isn't giving up on her retrieving her pet.

Tags: canada, custody, darwin, ikea, ikea monkey, legal matters, macaque, monkey, pets, sad, sanctuary, toronto, yasmin nakhuda

A Toronto IKEA store needs to stop monkeying around!

A macaque in an ADORBz coat was seen scampering inside the Swedish mega store and the little one was sure to put smiles on a few customers' faces!

Until animal control took him away that is….

The owner went to retrieve his pet only to be slapped with a fine as macaques are illegal in Ontario.

Sad…but it's still pretty cute though!

Tags: canada, coat, cute, ikea, monkey, silly, store, toronto

There's nothing that gets Olivia Munn more excited than three elephants being set free!

Ok…maybe there are some other things, but we're sticking to our guns!

Olivia sent a victory tweet about three Toronto Zoo elephants and their transfer to a sanctuary.

Tags: bob barker, canada, elephants, olivia munn, peta, toronto, toronto zoo, tweet, twitter, zoocheck

This dog lover won't be going down without a fight though!

MLB pitcher Mark Buehrle is currently packing bags to leave Miami for Toronto.

Except there is one problem. Ontario has banned pit bulls since 2005 and Buehrle owns an American Staffordshire!

Tags: ban, baseball, mark buehrle, miami, ontario, pit bull, pitcher, sad, sports, toronto

Congratulations, Lily!

A momma ring-tailed lemur gave birth to her little bundle of joy on March 5. But no one knows who the father is!!!

Baby mamma drama anyone?!?! LOLz!

The zookeepers at the Toronto Zoo are deciding whether to name the little one Lionel or Larry…but they won't know the gender of the baby until he or she separates from Lily at one month old.

Check out the video (above) to see the new momma and her baby!

Tags: baby, birth, lemur, ringtalied lemur, toronto, zoo

Bob Barker has really put his money where his mouth is!

Not only does the man have an anti-whaling boat in the Sea Shepherd fleet named after him, he has now helped out three elephants at the Toronto Zoo.

Toka, Thika and Iringa hadn't been doing so well in Toronto due to the cold weather, and the fact that they're elephants!

So Bob will be paying an "unspecified amount" (read: "lotsa money") to move the three African elephants to a sanctuary in California.

The sanctuary literally has "a large terrain to roam, lakes to bathe in, and barns equipped with heated stalls and therapeutic Jacuzzis."

Wow! We'd like to live there too!

Barker said:

"I want them to have the most efficient and humane transition to their new home. I said this would not cost the city a penny and I want to assure them it won’t."

What a great guy!

We guess the price was right.

LOLz!

[Image via FayesVision/WENN.]

Tags: bob barker, elephants, rescue, sanctuary, toronto, zoo

We all knew it was coming but it's still sad.

Buddy and Pedro, Toronto Zoo's "gay" penguins have been split up.

And Buddy is already mating with a female!

Poor Pedro.

The zoo is claiming it was more of a bromance than a gay love affair and that it's natural for same sex penguins to form a social bond in the wild.

Well even if they weren't lovers it's still sad two penguins who were so close are now split up.

But the zoo says it was because they had to ensure the continuity of their species.

Well hopefully Buddy and Pedro finds some solace in their new mates, but theres always hope they'll be reunited in the future.

[Image via Ramey Pix.]

Tags: birds, couple, gay, mating, penguin, split, toronto, zoo