WCBD News 2 reports: COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Guests visiting South Carolina’s largest zoo can now meet one of the world’s most endangered primate species. Riverbanks Zoo and Garden recently welcomed a pair of cotton-top tamarins, named Pepita and Caqueta, to the Riverbanks Conservation Outpost. According to the zoo, Pepita arrived after being removed from an unsafe living situation [...]
state | news | WCBD News 2 | June 4, 2026 12:50 PM
Meet a pair of cotton-top tamarins settling in at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Guests visiting South Carolina’s largest zoo can now meet one of the world’s most endangered primate species. Riverbanks Zoo and Garden recently welcomed a pair of cotton-top tamarins, named Pepita and Caqueta, to the Riverbanks Conservation Outpost. According to the zoo, Pepita arrived after being removed from an unsafe living situation [...]
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