Animal Advocate: Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society helps save golden lion tamarin

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The golden lion tamarin, a small monkey, was nearly extinct in the wild until the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society and other zoos intervened.

A new exhibit opened at the zoological park at 1301 Summit Boulevard in West Palm Beach. Mike Terrell said the little monkeys love to eat worms and sometimes sound like birds.

“Two of our golden lion tamarinds here were born here at the zoo,” Terrell said…

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