The race to save the Amazon's bushy-bearded monkeys
Never before had he seen one of the striking creatures emerge from the forest.
The monkey, a Groves' Titi, listed as "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), had ventured far from its fast-shrinking home on a hill in a small patch of forest next to Schlindwein's house.
Deforestation was eating away at its limited domain, and the monkey was trying to find an escape route for its family.
The encounter inspired Schlindwein to launch a reforestation drive...