The historic comeback of golden lion tamarins

The historic comeback of golden lion tamarins | WILD HOPE

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Ай бұрын

The golden lion tamarin stands as a beacon of hope and survival in the face of extinction after an outbreak of yellow fever led to a loss of nearly a third of their wild population.
In the 1970s, their population dwindled to fewer than 200 individuals. However, a decades-long captive breeding program, spanning 150 zoos globally, successfully reversed their decline. This journey continued as over 800,000 native trees were planted, establishing vital forest corridors to reconnect fragmented landscapes within the unique Atlantic Forest, their sole habitat on Earth.
Regrettably, a recent yellow fever outbreak led to a significant loss of over 1,000 tamarins, imperiling a meticulously managed genetic recovery program. Fortunately, virologist Marcos da Silva Freire pioneered a groundbreaking approach. He rapidly adapted a human vaccine to inoculate almost 400 tamarins, a pioneering endeavor among wild animals. Today, the tamarin population has soared to 4,800 individuals, nearly doubling their numbers before the yellow fever outbreak. This journey from the brink of extinction to recovery exemplifies the potential of conservation and scientific intervention, providing renewed hope for this iconic species' future.
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@SorenAlba54 Ай бұрын

I’m very impressed. The fact that it took more than 5 decades to be where they are now, it shows how determined and dedicated these people are prepared to go to ensure a future for these unique creatures. Because of them, the golden lion tamarin can now truly thrive in their homes that have been provided by their human allies. I would personally love to shake the hands of every single person behind this monumental task. Nature always wins. ✊

@Katrene. 23 күн бұрын

"Nature always wins.".... only if human nature is surpressed....

@SorenAlba54 23 күн бұрын

@@Katrene. You’re not wrong. As long humanity continues to ravage upon our planet, we will never live in harmony. Therefore, people like these individuals are the ones worth saving and earned their place in our world.

@WildPrimal23 Ай бұрын

I am so honored to have worked with AMLD on golden lion tamarin conservation last summer with my university, Miami University. What a beautiful and well-made video!

@Trund27 29 күн бұрын

Bless you for helping to save these beautiful creatures.

@TerryFord-sr9nr Ай бұрын

I'm not here to be first, second or even third.. i just pray that this beautiful animal have a chance to thrive in this world, IT'S CERTAINLY BIG ENOUGH!!❤ Thank you so much for your conservation efforts, please make another come back!!🙏🏽😞💔

@katherineweber8955 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, animal savers! 🙏🙏🥰🥰

@PrettybuoyJones1992 Ай бұрын

God bless the beautiful souls for saving our beautiful creatures. ❤🙏🤗

@critterfreek83 Ай бұрын

There are two of these beautiful monkeys at the Minnesota Zoo near where I live. Glad to see that they’re continuing to go from strength to strength with a little help from their human friends. We CAN save endangered species if we truly want to, and work together!

@eewilson9835 25 күн бұрын

There is also one on a trike named puzzle man, and one in the black eyed peas music group.

@blessedbeauty2293 Ай бұрын

- Thank God to everyone involved in saving this beautifully cute, amazing creature. 👏🏽 This is a true miracle 😢❤ 🐒

@funkypunkypine Ай бұрын

Thank you for dedicating your life to these beautiful creatures! ❤

@s.terris9537 Ай бұрын

Thank you to the whole team, Andreia Martins, AMLD and its donors for saving these beautiful monkeys. Deep respect to each one of you!

@stinew358 Ай бұрын

I remember the tamarind program at the zoo when I was little. They were my favorite.

@user-fy4he1bl6l 25 күн бұрын

These sweet things are so adorable. The amount of work that went into saving them was monumental. Thank you heroes!

@Weirdkauz 26 күн бұрын

Absolutely love the face of the one we see first, then at least 3 more times. Reflective little person, that.

@pathfinderwellcare 25 күн бұрын

The Lorax tribe! Precious forest relatives. Thank you for caring for them and the whole forest. 💗

@eewilson9835 25 күн бұрын

Also, there is also one on a trike named puzzle man, and one in the black eyed peas music group, as well as Lorax.

@tobyihli9470 Ай бұрын

Those are the most adorablest (hey, it’s a word!) animals ever! Way to go, Brazil! I love it when a people take their own destiny in their hands, and make it happen! And, they’re teaching us a thing or two. I love it. Just love it. Congratulations!

@kassiapencek6185 Ай бұрын

Hip hip hurray 🎉🎉🎉 thank you for your honorable work ❤❤❤

@Trund27 29 күн бұрын

This is so true: it is very much honorable work!!

@Trund27 29 күн бұрын

Absolutely spectacular news. Love these beautiful creatures.

@au.ru. 26 күн бұрын

What a beautiful story, thank you 1000 times to these wonderful humans. My heart feels happy 💓

@vidwitch1508 Ай бұрын

Oh this is amazing✨✨✨ Ty for sharing their story and amazing work:))

@Buddha-2505 25 күн бұрын

Well done and great job you all who are helping this kind of beautiful tamarin ♥️👍👋👋👋

@eaglebreath5 Ай бұрын

My heart broke for those who lost 1200 monkeys. I can't imagine how devastating that must have felt.

@tthappyrock368 25 күн бұрын

Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, I volunteered at our zoo. My first position was as part of teams observing, tracking, and educating visitors about the golden lion tamarins and their situation in the wild. The zoo bred GLTs and taught them skills they would need to live in the wild. The Brazilian government and people have done a phenomenal job of ensuring these beautiful animals will thrive. In addition to the measures mentioned in this video, the government did a lot of education about GLTs and developed a program that gave farmers an incentive to leave part of their land uncultivated in perpetuity.

@platedlizard 21 күн бұрын

Oregon Zoo used to have a grove of trees at the top of a little hill by the elephants that they used as a sort of half-way house for their tamarins to get them used to being outside prior to being sent to Brazil. They had volunteers watching them during the day and at night they would be locked in their nest boxes to protect them from night predators. Unfortunately one winter (the season the tamarins weren't kept outdoors in the grove) a windstorm came through and knocked down all the trees. Fortunately by then there were enough tamarins in the wild that the grove wasn't needed any more. It was so cool seeing these little monkeys in the trees without any cages or netting. Because they don't cross open ground they were secure there.

@biazacha 24 күн бұрын

The highway overpass is the cutest strike of genius!

@user-zc9ce6dd2v 22 күн бұрын

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

@gothic_oma Ай бұрын

The Golden Lion Tamarin is now officially my favorite specie of monkey! 😊🥰

@Trund27 29 күн бұрын

Aren’t they absolutely gorgeous???

@FatShork Ай бұрын

Ai imagina pegar um miquinho na mão como eles fizeram q coisinha mais linda🥺🥺🥺🥺💕💕💕💕💕💕

@blessedbeauty2293 Ай бұрын

- These poor animals can't catch a break, can they? Along with the amazing folks who helped save them.

@graffic13 Ай бұрын

First time I saw these was @ detroit zoo in the 80's ... they were critically endangered then... I can't imagine how few there are now.

@user-lh9kh2hh2t 22 күн бұрын

very cool, thank you

@Adam-ix2sn 28 күн бұрын

zoos aren't all bad when they help

@you2angel1 20 күн бұрын

Wow thank you for saving a world treasure °~•.☆.•~°

@davidt3956 25 күн бұрын

A thousand acres is a great start, congratulations; but it's only a start. Here's hoping the government understands the need for the habitat, not just for the monkeys but for the world. More needs to be replanted.

@terrayjos Ай бұрын

Good job Brazil!

@dianafromcalifornia5127 21 күн бұрын

Wow🎉🎉

@arilguyguyon8093 28 күн бұрын

Make your gov't. save mountai s as sanctuaries for those animals with rangers to deal with hunters and poschers , thank you , hope to see more other wild animals that survives.

@pattimiller9157 24 күн бұрын

❤

@matthewwelsh294 Ай бұрын

Save the cute Golden Lion Tamarians

@elenapetrova1389 25 күн бұрын

🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

@user-ru3ql6ji4p 29 күн бұрын

Humans can do It, but only when They want It.

@pattimiller9157 24 күн бұрын

We can save the planet if we want to.. proof!

@paillette2010 Ай бұрын

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@BrunoCaruso-wz7pg Ай бұрын

it´s beyond my understanding how we, Brazilians, continue to allow our country becoming a farming land, we´re literally one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, and sadly people are thinking more and more like Americans, that believes only money and consumption matters...it´s great what those people are doing for these animals and the forest, but meanwhile we´re losing the wetlands and the Amazon forest itself to disgusting greedy landlords and perverted oil and mining companies that wants to explore oil and dig up Amazonian soil to extract fossil fuel and metal, there´s even an interest from people that believes Amazon have uranium and they want to destroy the forest without even confirming if there´s really that much uranium to be extracted...all of that matters more to these "people" (if we can call them human somehow) than life itself, those people simply can´t understand that there´s no life on Earth without forests, and specially without the Amazon forest...they really just want to destroy everything for money

@eewilson9835 25 күн бұрын

aka my lil babies, sugar babies, and capushins.

@disasterlight148 26 күн бұрын

So this monkey is called a golden lion with that fur. Yet us redheads are always made fun of. Interesting 🤔

@edgarsheltonjr.9757 Ай бұрын

2039 the take over!!!!😯😯😯🤣✌️

@anuradhainamdar8967 Ай бұрын

Though I wanted to see this video, I couldn't do it because the English subtitles are too small and fast moving.

@juliusapriadi Ай бұрын

and there's that, anti-vaxxers ;) Great effort!

@jonnynice8366 24 күн бұрын

It may well turn out to have been a disastrous intervention. Under normal circumstances, the most virus-resistant individuals would create the most offspring, eventually leading to a naturally immune population. This is the way nature is supposed to work. Under the current circumstances, if the vaccination effort ever stops or is unable to keep up with a growing monkey population, we could witness a much bigger and more tragic mass die-off in the future.

@lil----lil Ай бұрын

FIRST!

@Zeppelin927 Ай бұрын

Well aren't you special

@blessedbeauty2293 Ай бұрын

- I'm 5th ctfu 🤣

@monicasong427 Ай бұрын

The most disrespectful act toward all lives is our needless desire to eat fellow animals. Disease ridden animal agriculture is the greatest destructive act.

@orishaeshu1084 Ай бұрын

Human development is the greatest threat not simply eating animals. We need to be sensible with our development. Developing a self sustainable human population that meets replacement is t he best way

@monicasong427 Ай бұрын

@@orishaeshu1084 The loss of wild areas to animal agriculture is the leading cause of the current mass extinction of vital native wildlife. Considered the most comprehensive analysis between farming and the environment---without meat and dairy consumption---global farm land use could be reduced by 75%. An area equivalent to the U.S., China, EU, and Australia combined. All while, still feeding the world. (Source: Oxford University, 2018- Reducing foods environmental impacts through producers & consumers) Eliminating disease causing animal products is a win win for all.