A superstar conservationist in Colombia was recently killed. Gonzalo Cardona Molina was a Colombian conservationist who is responsible for saving two species of parrots: the yellow-eared parrot and the indigo-winged parrot. Molina was particularly important in the restoration of the yellow-eared parrot population, which was thought to be extinct for a while.

He and his team regularly ran into battles between guerilla militias and the military, which made his efforts especially risky. Reports say that it was at the hand of a criminal gang that he died.

“However, Mr. Molina is not gone: he lives in every yellow-eared parrot that…