Remember Uncle Fatty, the obese monkey who was sent to a weight loss boot camp? Well, after putting in loads of hard work and sticking to an intensive diet and exercise regimen, Uncle is finally ...

AP A once-obese primate is about to be released back into the wilderness — even if he’s still a chunky monkey. The beast, named Uncle Fatty, has been on a three-month-long diet, shrinking his ...

AN OBESE monkey dubbed "Uncle Fatty" is missing feared dead after not being seen for five months. The long-tailed macaque, who ballooned to the size of two monkeys, was sent to a weight-loss camp ...

Thailand is home to hundreds of thousands of monkeys, but most will not be known by name, wear tank tops or gorge on plentiful diets of junk food. Enter Uncle Fatty and Godzilla, the legendary ...

A morbidly obese macaque nicknamed "Uncle Fatty" by locals in Thailand is finally being released back into the wild after completing a three-month weight-loss boot camp. The monkey would hang ...

While macaques normally weigh between eight and 10 kilos, Uncle Fatty reached an enormous 27kg. But after being sent to a special boot camp, the obese monkey has shed an impressive 2kg ...

Uncle Fatty has now been rescued and taken for a health check and monkey ‘fat camp’ to try to reduce his weight to a more acceptable 8kg - normal for his species. Thai primate conservation ...

A monkey who has been given the nickname ‘uncle fatty’ is finally getting help for his obesity. The 33lb long-tailed macaque will go to boot camp after gorging on food from tourists ...