Two critically endangered monkeys died at a Louisiana zoo last week after a caretaker forgot them outside in the cold. A third monkey survived. Cotton-top tamarin monkeys weighing less than one pound each were left outside at the Alexandria Zoological Park on January 7 when temperatures were as low as 30 degrees in Alexandria, Louisiana that night. The monkeys’ native habitat is northern Colombia’s tropical forests and they require temperatures between 76 to 85 degrees.
Link: Washington Post