Endangered Lion Tamarin Monkeys Come to NZP
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PrintTen endangered golden-headed lion tamarin monkeys arrive at the National Zoological Park in the middle of May, sent from Brazil to the NZP and Front Royal. The 10 tamarins are part of a large group of animals that was smuggled out of Brazil in 1983. As a result of "painstaking negotiations," most of the monkeys were returned to Brazil temporarily.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," May 1986, p. 3-4.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
March, 1986