The Ichikawa City Zoo is contemplating a photography ban around the enclosure of its popular Japanese macaque, Punch, following an intrusion by two American nationals. The zoo has already increased security measures.

The zoo housing the viral Japanese macaque Punch said on Tuesday it is considering a complete ban on photography and filming around the monkey enclosure after two men were recently arrested over an intrusion incident. The Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba prefecture has already expanded the buffer zone around the enclosure and installed anti-intrusion netting following Sunday’s incident involving two men claiming to be US nationals. The monkey went viral, attracting international attention, for...