As jungles for cotton-tops continue to be threatened in Colombia, it is important that we document how this will effect this endangered primate. 

The white-headed tamarin is one of the most threatened primates in the world. More than 20,000-40,000 white-headed tamarins were exported from Colombia to the United States (Hernandez-Camacho & Cooper, 1976) for use in biomedical research. For this reason, the species was declared endangered in 1973. Since then, CITES regulations have been established to minimize the risk of extinction and the number of animals captured in the wild for export. While living in captivity, it was discovered that white-headed tamarins spontaneously developed colon adenocarcinoma and served as a primary non-human primate model for studies of this disease (Clapp, 1993). Nowadays, many of the captive colonies of white-headed tamarins for biomedical research have been dissolved, and most white-headed tamarins remain in zoos, universities, private sanctuaries, and private organizations. if you want to know more about this funny and friendly primate check out this link and you can also help this fundation https://www.proyectotiti.com/en-us/Cotton-top-Tamarins/Cotton-Top-Tamarins
and if you want to see them,you have to come to Colombia and we will take you there!