Research paper

Golden lion tamarin is a small monkey, whose face looks like a lion face, because it has golden collar around its head. The golden lion tamarin is one of many endangered species. Most of them live in the forests rain habitat and mostly they live in Brazil near the coastal amd they only live in Brazil;no other country has them. The problem is that in Brazil the population is increasing and with more people who tend to go to live near the coastal, they cut down the trees,they make places and farms for them to live on,so that puts the golden lion tamartins in danger along with other species. The first cooperation to protect the golden lion tamarin happened in the early 1970s between the National Zoological Park (Washington) and tge Rio de Janeiro primate center. (Waza.2006).

First of all, there are many people who get benefit from animals in many ways, and explit them to get benefits under the terms of buisness, and that does not benefit the environment. For example there is a kind of animals like the white tigers which being are kiled and then the people tend to take their fur. Also there are many animals which are being captured by people who do not belong to some organization, and that means these animals will go away from their habitat and that leads to the end of the species group. The end of the species other than the climate change and disease and like these big dangers is the distribution. The World Association of Zoos, when it talks about the lion tamarins situation, states that "Its current distribution is now severely reduced. It is now extinct in Espirito Santo, and in Rio de Janeiro it is restricted to four municipalities: Silva Jardim, Araruama, Cabo Frio and Squarema." (2006,Para 1) and that indicate one of the most important reasons that put the species indanger which is the hunting and taking away of the animals from their habitat. Also, there are many people who hunt the animals who do not know what will happend after they do such a thing; they participate in increasing the danger to the human being as well as the animals. For example there is a forest that has wolves in it and other species and animals, but when the people try to hunt and kill the wolves, the life in this area will be in a bad situation because the wolves maintain the life in this area as it should be, and this is the natural life in the forest. In addition,the lion tamarins have a difficult situation in Brazil, because the forest almost covers big regions in this country, especially in the coastal regions, so it is not easy for the government to maintain and keep the forest from the people. Also, the population in Brazil makes the situation more difficult, because there may be some people who tend to live near the coastal and depend on the tropical forest life and that may lead to the extinction of the species.



Second, they should be living in the zoos if there was climate problems or other problems. The best example of this solution is what happened between the National Zoological Park (Washington), Smithsonian Institution and the Rio de Janeiro Primate Centre in the early 1970s (2006, para,2). This solution benefit all the sides, which are the Rio de janeiro center and the Nation Zoological Park and the lion tamarin, and in fact the species is the ones which will get the most benefit from the solution. When we put the animals in a zoo, that also will increase the zoos economy. The most important thing is that they must study the golden lion tamarin habitat and behavion. Also the cooperation between various countries, especially those which are related to the species life, is mostly successful as what the National Zoological Association states :"The program has expanded since then to cover multiple aspects of Golden lion tamarin conservation, habitat management and restoration, research on genetics, behaviour and natural history of wild tamarins, an international captive breeding program, reintroduction of captive born tamarins into previously unoccupied forests, translocation of wild born individuals and both local and international conservation education programmes" (National zoological,2006) and that means they do not just take the animals to the zoos but also study the behaviour about them and their habitat and try to provide them with the facilities they need and use in the forest. All of that will fall under the benefit of the economy like what happened in many countires when they took golden lion tamarins form Brazil and the amount of US $38,000 was raised during the fiscal year 1999/2000 (2006,para.3). Also it is the easy way to keep the species in zoos, and evacuate them from the danger. The Associated Press states that "You could fit all the surviving members of the 25 species in a single football stadium; that's how few of them remain on Earth today," and that explains how the species that are endangered live today; when we gatehr particular species in one environment then we will protect them from many things and then that may lead to the reintroduction of the species.



Thirdly, there should be specialized people who are concerned about the species to carry the responsiblity. (Rick,r.1997) states that " Scientists in Brazil studied the habits of these tiny rare monkeys. They discovered that tamarins live in small family groups, partway up in rainforest trees. The animals are busy during the day--caring for their young and searching for fruit and small creatures to eat. At night, they curl up together to sleep in tree holes. Without the forest, the little monkeys cannot survive" and that indicated that the most people who are concerned about the animals and species in the right way and know their habitats are the scientists and people who know how to deal with the animals, and this leads them to know what they are doing during each season and how they live. This information will benefit the species at first, because when they are in danger the specialized people will help them and put them in an environment that is at least like how they were living in the forest and their habitats. Moreover, there must be other organizations that help to improve the species' lives whenever they are endangered. For example people who are concerned about the climate change mostly go to check and make confirmation about the climate in some forests and especially if they heard there are some species that tend to die then they go to find out and check the climate and the weather. Also, when particular species tend to die or become endangered, there must be some people who know if there are the same species that exist in other areas or countries in order to gather them and put them together as part of reintroduction.


Opponents to conservation and prevention of hunting claim that the hunting is not a big reason to make the species be in danger; however,they are wrong ,because they only look at one side, which is theirown and what is most interesting is how they will get the benefit from this hunting, and how they will bring in money from hunting but thet do not know that there are many people and species that are hurting because of them.

When someone takes one golden lion tamarin and then another one does the same, they will get a temporary benefit from doing this,but this indicates the situation isbecoming worse.


References:
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. (2006). Save the Atlantic rainforest –living space of the golden lion tamarns. From http://www.waza.org/conservation/projects/projects.php?id=25

University of Maryland. Golden lion tamarin conservation program.(n.d.) From http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/EndangeredSpecies/GLTProgram/Learn/

Labbeth,E. (1997,Oct). Back to the wild; How scientists are trying to protect the endangered golden lion tamarins of Brazil from extinction. From http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EPG/is_n10_v31/ai_19801255

Parsons,S. (2007.August 12). A conservation program succees by embracing trial and error. From http://www.plentymag.com/features/2007/08/monkey_business_print.php

The Associated Press. (2007, august 26). Conservation warn almost third of primate in danger of extinction. From http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/26/healthscience/AS-SCI-Primates-In-Peril.php