Golden lion tamarins are a model conservation story. In the late 1960s, a census was taken of wild GLTs, and the estimated wild population was fewer than 200 individuals. Thanks to the efforts of conservation organizations and the international zoo community, including Zoo Atlanta, the wild population is now around 2,500, with another 400 to 500 in zoological settings.
Golden lion tamarins are small, fascinating primates found only in the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil. They get their name from their yellow to orange fur and the fact that it is thick and long around their heads and resembles a lion’s mane. When this happens, we call it an extinction vortex. This is true for lots of things: money in your bank account, friends, toilet paper in a pandemic, and it’s especially true for animals that are endangered or worse, critically endangered. And the less you have of something that you need, the more precious those few things are. If you’re wearing a white shirt and have a meeting after lunch, you will spill your lunch on your shirt. S’mores aren’t ever as good as you remember them being when you were a kid. There are some things that are plainly true even though we don’t think about them often or ever. Sounds like a bad 80s hair band, but it’s something far worse
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