Saving the Cotton Top Tamarin

Saving the Cotton Top Tamarin

Why the decline in Cotton Top Tamarin populations?!?

Used in exotic, illegal pet trading

Plastic bags, litter blanketing the forests of Colombia

Habitat loss

...not shoot them with slingshots out of the trees to take in as pets (diverse diets that are hard to mimic)

The Pyramid to Success

Educate

local women to crochet plastic strips from bags

Creation of "eco-mochilas" to sell to other communities

creative idea -> more and more people want to buy

Disney's Animal Kingdom now sells

eco-mochilas in the park!

The profits of this great initiative have created a Colombian group, "Asoartesanas", with many more dedicated women now crocheting plastic from litter to reduce trash in the forests and raise money towards saving Cotton Top Tamarins!

Ways you can help Cotton Tops!

donate $1 to the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund organization

Together, we can make a difference!

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Today's Reality

(Source: Posted by Dr. Anne Savage,

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The Cotton Top Tamarin, a monkey native to the rainforests of Colombia, is severely endangered today, due to several human-related actions.

(cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr

(cc) photo by jimmyharris on Flickr

Cotton Top Tamarin's habitat

Colombia

(cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr

(cc) photo by Franco Folini on Flickr

(Source: Creative Commons, Posted by Mark Kent, April 28, 2011

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A Sign of Affection

-The Cotton Top Dance, a whole community involvement

(Source: Posted by Dr. Anne Savage,

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Possible Solutions

Educate the locals to...

There is a lack of education in the local villages

(Source: YouTube, Posted by Dr. Anne Savage,

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...reduce the rate of deforestation, using bindes to cook food.

(Source: Creative Commons, Posted by Mark Kent, April 28, 2011

Shared with Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/flamesworddragon/57/10760418/)

...crochet "eco-mochilas" out of the plastic bags that were once litter

less pollution -> cleaner habitat

<- plant trees

protect this species from exotic pet trades -> population may grow

educate others

... and small

choose your pets wisely

recycle at home

Big....

Ideas

(Source: Posted by Dr. Anne Savage,

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(Source: Posted by Dr. Anne Savage,

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(Source: Posted by Dr. Anne Savage,

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