Murderer! Murderer! Murderer!

Sykk · 01-03-2011 9:09pm #1

A professional soccer player in Colombia faces up to three months in jail for kicking an opposing team's lucky owl, which had been been hit by a ball after landing on the field Sunday. The owl died Tuesday.
The owl was considered a good luck charm for the Atlético Junior squad in Barranquilla and lived in its Metropolitan Stadium.
Luis Moreno, a Panamanian player for Deportivo Pereira, was met with chants of "Murderer! Murderer! Murderer!" after kicking the owl and had to leave the stadium under heavy police guard, according to the Daily Mail in London. (The Daily Mail has video of the owl kick, or you can check it out on YouTube.)
For those too squeamish to watch the footage, which the Daily Mail warns constitutes animal cruelty, a Pereira defender chases a Junior attacker into the penalty box, wins the ball from him and clears it, poorly, hitting the owl that had landed on the field.
The referee stops play, and Moreno trots over and kicks the bird off the field, a distance of about three yards.
The incident was aired on national television and prompted widespread outrage, and not just from Junior fans. Environmental groups urged sanctions against Moreno and called for protests at the National Soccer building in Bogota.
Moreno apologized, saying it was not his intention to harm the bird.
"I did it to see if the owl could fly," the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.
The owl was taken to Zoosalud veterinary clinic in Barranquilla, the Daily Mail reported. Veterinarians said it was suffering from stress and needed sedation but that X-rays indicated no fractures.
The veterinarians later told Colombia Reports, a news website, that the owl died early Tuesday of respiratory arrest.
A Spanish-language report from Radio Santa Fe in Bogota said that Moreno faces one to three months in prison and a maximum fine of 50,000 pesos, about $26.
Moreno apologized again in a news conference and said he would accept responsibility.
"I apologize to the whole country and more to the fans of Barranquilla because it was a very grave action, and if I receive a penalty, then I'll take it."

He must have been some birdbrain to do such a thing, I heard he was egged on by his team mates.

On the bright side at least prison has some comfy feather pillows

FreudianSlippers · 01-03-2011 9:10pm

That's pretty fúcked up.

Hazys · 01-03-2011 9:11pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgAp7maNius

With the ref right there, it was clearly a fowl.

Red Hand · 01-03-2011 9:12pm

Stupid people...is there anything they can't do?

biko · 01-03-2011 9:13pm

Get the Guardians!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8RKCmkOyB4

Im Only 71Kg · 01-03-2011 9:14pm

anyone who complains about this is an owl one.

AlmightyCushion · 01-03-2011 9:14pm

Hazys wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgAp7maNius

With the ref right there, it was clearly a fowl.

What a scumbag.

Jesus Wept · 01-03-2011 9:15pm

Im Only 71Kg wrote: »

Whats an owl doing in a football stadium?

It's a mascot.
I read elsewhere that there are no laws against animal cruelty in Columbia. This article would suggest otherwise.

bonerm · 01-03-2011 9:17pm

Nice kick. I wonder if Moreno got a hoot out of it?

phill106 · 01-03-2011 9:17pm

Hazys wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgAp7maNius

With the ref right there, it was clearly a fowl.

thats a terrible pun

Kick was pure brutality

Latchy · 01-03-2011 9:19pm

Saw this video in another thread yesterday and brutality is the word indeed

FreudianSlippers · 01-03-2011 9:21pm

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

What a scumbag.

A scumbag footballer!?

Stop the presses!

Sofiztikated · 01-03-2011 9:23pm

Fúck me! When I heard about this, I thought he might have tapped it, or poked it with his foot, but jaysus, he hit it a fair kick!

"To see if it could fly" me arse, that was a "GTFO" kick if I ever saw one.

Hazys · 01-03-2011 9:23pm

Soccer is turning into an absolute joke these days...how can it be called a man's sport, men kicking birds and this (another recent south american soccer incident):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1us_E9oTQA

Sonz · 01-03-2011 9:24pm

I dont get why the owl was out on the pitch during the match and surely the ball hitting it would have done some damage also?

FreudianSlippers · 01-03-2011 9:26pm

Sonz wrote: »

I dont get why the owl was out on the pitch during the match and surely the ball hitting it would have done some damage also?

Are you seriously blaming the owl!? :eek:

Sonz · 01-03-2011 9:29pm

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Are you seriously blaming the owl!? :eek:

Eh no.... I was just curious...

DundalkDuffman · 01-03-2011 9:34pm

whoo whooo whooo does that.

alphabeat · 01-03-2011 11:30pm

that 'man' deserves a hideous beating

bluemooner · 01-03-2011 11:33pm

Sonz wrote: »

I dont get why the owl was out on the pitch during the match and surely the ball hitting it would have done some damage also?

as far as i know, the owl was the opposing teams mascot. that just made the story much funnier!

galwayrush · 01-03-2011 11:35pm

What a hoot .

Tigger · 01-03-2011 11:35pm

Sykk wrote: »

Man faces jail for killing owl

He must have been some birdbrain to do such a thing, I heard he was egged on by his team mates.

On the bright side at least prison has some comfy feather pillows

good

KeithAFC · 01-03-2011 11:37pm

Hazys wrote: »

Soccer is turning into an absolute joke these days...how can it be called a man's sport, men kicking birds and this (another recent south american soccer incident):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1us_E9oTQA

:pac: