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‘Murderer!’ Angry Soccer Fans Jab Player Who Kicked Owl Mascot

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP/The Blaze) — Soccer fans are crying fowl over kicking an owl. In fact, they’re crying a lot worse.

Panama defender Luis Moreno is facing sanctions after he kicked an injured owl that landed on the field during a game Sunday when his Colombian club Deportivo Pereira was playing Atletico Junior.

The owl is a mascot for Atletico Junior and was being treated Monday at a veterinary clinic in Barranquilla. The bird is expected to recover from a slight fracture of its right leg.

The owl had landed injured near the corner of the field when Moreno walked over and kicked it about three yards. Atletico Junior fans shouted “murder, murder.”

Moreno said he did not know the bird was a good-luck charm for the other team.

Comments (37)

  • SLmanDR
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:59pm

    Just kick the stuffing out of a living being with no regard. “I didn’t know it was a good luck charm” exemplifies the depth of evil in your heart. What are you 9 years old? The “star” ought to be assigned a seasons worth of community service in an animal clinic so he can experience first hand the depravity of the human disregard for Innocent life. Maybe that would be good for his soul.

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  • paulamadden
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:08pm

    http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/Colombian-soccer-mascot-owl-dies-after-player-kicks-it-off-field-030111/?GT1=39002
    Owl died….

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  • paulamadden
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:07pm

    The owl died…just heard that today.

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  • Gypsy One
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:38pm

    He could have waited until someone came with gloves to remove the owl. Did he actually think that an owl would land there just for the hell of it? There was actually NO EXCUSE for his malicious behavior. Just as there was NO EXCUSE for Michael Vick’s behavior.

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:14pm

    I’m not a nut case animal rights activist but this was just wrong.

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  • Charles
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:34pm

    so this guys reaction to seeing an injured animal on the field trying to get back up is to kick it? He’s a piece of garbage. He needs a good kick by a kangaroo. Ones treatment of small helpless animals is an indicator of their character. He is a coward. He has been exposed and his ex-fans will give him a rough way to go.

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  • ********** hater
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:31pm

    I hope a Colombian drug lord, with a soft spot for animals in his heart will properly dispose of this scumbag. Too bad Pablo Escobar is dead, I believe he was an animal lover.

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  • SonsOfLibertyRiders
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:15pm

    the guy did someting stupid…..hes got adrenaline running and didnt think about the implications of his actions…….doesnt make him a “murderer” …..

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  • Rubicon Cross
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:06am

    He’s a perfect player for the Philadelphia Eagles. Do you think he can torture a dog or two as well to qualify for the draft?

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  • capecodsully
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:47am

    I don’t suppose Columbia has any laws against abuse of animals, too bad. Soccer fans are known for going nuts over nothing, why didn’t that take this guy out?

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  • avgconservative
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:33am

    PEOPLE! It‘s a freakin’ owl! Did you see the players run past it? It almost got stomped! They aren’t endangered. They aren’t friendly… in fact they will peel your skin off and pull your eyes out if given the chance! They are birds of prey! Even if this one has been domesticated, it is like a “domesticated” lion. If given the chance, they will harm you.

    “No bueno?” Ha!

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    • BenInNY
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:59am

      So because it eats meat and hunts it’s ok to kick it for the hell of it. Anyone in your family eat meat and go deer hunting?

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:18pm

      Hey avg. they’re not endangered yet but their number far less than they were 100 years ago. Nature needs it’s equalizers and predators whether owls,cougars,wolves,bears,snakes are the equalizers. Not to mention that they’re really interesting to watch. As a HUNTER IN AREA’S KNOWN TO HAVE Bears,cougars,the occational wolf pack and coyotes I could carry an addtional side arm when bow huinting as I’m vunerable out of the stand. I don’t I carry mace so predators can be predators even after attempting to attack me. I’ve only have had to use it once on a couple coyotes a few years back. It works and works well. And I don’t have to eat coyotes because killing something and not eating it is sinful.

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  • temple62
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:28am

    Here’s another Michael Vick is the making!

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  • LoveYah
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:39am

    That makes me so angry. What a vile person.

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  • ares338
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:50am

    @GONZO – That’s exactly right.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:48am

    If this guy was an American, all the kids would wear his jersey and he would make millions, ask Michael Vick.

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  • youguysready_letsroll
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:09am

    While I was deer hunting last year, the forest floor was alive with little birds, chipmunks, and squirrels going about there business. Then about 50 yards away, this BEAUTIFUL owl landed on on a tree branch. Suddenly, all was still. hahaaa. Every critter immediately went into hiding.

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:24am

    Poetic justice would be for this guy to end up as a road kill buffet for our avian friends.

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  • DVT
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:17am

    What an unbelievable asshat! why would you want to kick an injured animal?

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    • lillianrose
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:12am

      Some people just don’t give a hoot!

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    • GBMBulletsSKNRD
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:08am

      That’s pretty clever Lillian. I would add, lets hope this animals career comes to an owl screeching halt.

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  • Showtime
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:03am

    That was totally uincalled for. What had the owl done to Moreno?

    Glad the owl was not injured more seriously and that he will be okay. I doubt that Moreno will be okay, though.

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  • Randyrocker
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:37am

    Sick, some human beings have no right to be called human or even being. Some, even soccer players are less than even the creepy crawlies and the slithery slimy reptilians, or bugs in the dirt.
    This guy Luis Moreno is one of those.

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    • Non-sequitur
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:50am

      Absolutely. How the hell do you get the idea “Oh, an owl! Let’s kick it!”? What a jerk.

      Good to hear the Owl is going to make it though.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:19am

      It would have been a bit of poetic justice if the owl would have snapped back at the one who kicked it and caught him on his tushie.

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:48am

      That was just plain sick. How can anyone hurt another living creature, but when killing human babies is smiled upon by today’s society, who cares about an owl?? Really more care about that owl than a baby in the womb. Sad. so sad.

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:30am

    Who?

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:39am

      There you go – more evil stuff on the web today!! Unbelievable, I think the whole world is going mad!!
      http://wp.me/pYLB7-I5

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:17am

      @Walkwithme

      The world has always been mad, it just is getting more and more clearer now than ever, with the ease of communications on the net and such.

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    • bbdarthchris077
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:41am

      Well huh? Is this what an average person wants to read about.
      I think not!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:42am

      Why anyone would deliberatly want to harm an owl I cannot begin to fathom; after kestrals and falcons the owls are among my favorites of the birds of prey to look at and once in a great while, see in the wilds…even rarer there is some spotted here in the city.

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    • Mannax
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:18am

      @ULYSSESP
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:30am
      Who?

      I snickered. And the player who kicked the owl needs a good swift kick for a horse to know how it feels.

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:50am

      You would not expect to see this in countries like Columbia, Brazil, Mexico which have such great respect for the environment.

       
    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:47am

      I;ve got an owl that lives behind my house and some nights that sucker hoots alnight and that drives me nuts but I would never hurt it in a million years. I’ve walked right up within 10-12 feet away when it was watching the ground for a mouse or mole moving through the ivy under my dogwood trees. It turned its head looked right at me didn’t make a sound an went right back to scanning the ground.
      They’re effing a powerful and beautiful at the same time. This guy that kicked the owl is a pure 100% di**.

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    • Docrow
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:14pm

      It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (but it’s a funny movie)

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