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A conservationist who saved 2 species a parrot and a rare palm tree was murdered by gangs in Colombia Haven Orecchio-Egresitz A Colombian conservationist who saved a species of parrot from extinction has been killed. Gonzalo Gonza Cardona Molina disappeared in early January. Days later he was reported dead. He was often threatened by the military and armed groups who opposed his work to protect the birds.
Gonzalo Cardona Molina, the conservationist know as Gonza, was killed by an unknown Colombian gang, the City Paper Bogota reported.
Molina, 55, was the coordinator of Reserva Loros Andinos at Fundación ProAves, where he had worked since it was founded in 1998, according to the foundation.
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A prominent Colombian conservationist, widely considered responsible for preventing the extinction of the iconic Yellow-eared Parrot, was recently murdered by an unidentified criminal gang.
Gonzalo Cardona Molina, fondly known as Gonza , was born and raised on a farm in Roncesvalles, situated in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes.
Due to his tireless work spanning more than two decades, Gonzalo Gonza Cardona Molina proved the key figure in saving Yellow-eared Parrot from extinction (ProAves).
In the late 1990s, Yellow-eared Parrot was sliding rapidly towards extinction – fewer than 100 individuals remained, all in the Roncesvalles area. With the parrot being part of Molina s daily life and having such an affection for them, he stepped forward to answer the desperate call from Fundación ProAves to save the species.