The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins

Golden lion tamarins live only in Brazil’s forests, where deforestation sharply reduced their population and threatened them with extinction. Scientists studied the monkeys in zoos as part of efforts to save them. Their questions included why the animals were not breeding in captivity, whether zoo-raised tamarins could survive after release, and how to provide enough forest for their numbers to increase. The account describes conservation strategies for the species.