Second Mexican butterfly conservationist found dead

[Excalibur]

Between 2005 and 2006, 461 hectares in the region were lost to illegal logging. The destruction threatened the world's largest butterfly migration.

Gómez González, a former logger himself, spoke out against the threat of illegal timber. Millions of butterflies travel thousands of miles from the United States and Canada each year to winter on a few hillsides in Michoacán, a spectacle that draws thousands of tourists annually

Second Mexican butterfly conservationist found dead

In Mexico, criminals and conservationists have been at odds over the banning of logging in sanctuaries.

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[crysis]

Nice one mexico, the planet just got a little bit worse.