owl kicked by Deportivo Pereira's Luis Moreno dies
The owl at the centre of an international storm after it was kicked off the pitch by Luis Moreno, the Deportivo Pereira defender, during a league match in Colombia has died from shock.
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By Telegraph staff and agencies 8:07PM GMT 01 Mar 2011
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The owl, which served as mascot for Atlético Junior, died in a local veterinary clinic in Barranquilla after veterinarian Camilo Tapia was unable to save the bird that was attacked by Moreno on Sunday.
Play during the Dimayor [the Colombian league] game was stopped after the bird was first struck by the ball near the Pereira penalty area prompting the referee to halt the game.
As the referee and players discussed what to do Moreno - apparently impatient over the delay with his team losing 2-1 - was seen to kick the bird towards the touch-line with his left foot before Atlético Junior fans chanted "murderer" at the Panamanian player.
Ramon Jesurum, president of Dimayor, said on Monday that "the player should be severely punished for this painful, horrible act of intolerance," before adding that the case would go before their disciplinary committee.
Menawhile Humberto Mendoza, the director of the agency that oversees environmental issues in Barranquilla, has said he will investigate possible sanctions against Moreno.
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