Green and the CPI further noted another exploit of the ESA in their discussion of the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus). Not only had they found documentation that 151 of these primates had inadvertently made their way from the Harvard-affiliated New England Regional Primate Research Center into the exotic pet trade through the aforementioned loophole, but in October 1976, over 800 cotton-top tamarins were imported into the United States in order to beat the official listing of the species under the ESA. COUNT 3
QSN1 The Center for Public Integrity found that 151 of what primate were moved from the New England Primate Research Center into exotic pet trade? ANS1 cotton-top tamarin QSN2 What happened in 1976 that impacted this primate's classification as Endanger? ANS2 over 800 cotton-top tamarins were imported into the United States QSN3 What school is affiliated with the New England Primate Research Center? ANS3 Harvard