The killer kick

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A few days ago, a Panamanian soccer player who plays for a Colombian football team called Deportivo Pereira Killed an owl with a killer kick. Luis Moreno, who claims kicked the owl to make it fly, generated a worldwide controversy because of his outrageous act. The owl’s crime was to have landed on the field and have gotten in the way of this soccer player. The soccer player issued a statement saying he was sorry for what had happened, but in the end, his violent act caused the owl to suffer injuries that led to her death. 

Many things were done to keep the bird alive, but nothing could avoid her imminent death. This due to the fact that the killer kick given by this player was too strong, and gave the bird severe injuries that veterinarians weren’t able to cure. The owl is the opposing team’s mascot, and the bird landed on the field because she was struck by a soccer ball that came from the field. This is why she fell onto the field into the hands of this unwanted soccer player, who had no second thoughts when he kicked and murdered this poor bird. Now, what surprises me is that aside from the worldwide censorship to this violent act, a fine of 800 dollars, and a two day suspension, this player will continue to play soccer as if nothing had happened. I ask myself; Is everything possible these days? Is the death of a bird so insignificant that nothing is done to really censor this violent act? Is a fine, a two day suspension enough? My answer to this is that obviously more should be done to send a message that animals should not be mistreated, or any living organism on earth. 

The player in one interviewed said that although he knew his act was wrong, he had already said he was sorry and that people should take it easy because it was just a bird. Now, this player doesn’t know that animals, birds and any other living organism deserves to have his or her life respected, and no human being is God to decide whether they should live or die. In this case, Moreno decided with hatred and anger the life of this bird, simply because it got on his way in a professional soccer match. There’s no excuse for this act, and more should be done to make an example that things like this should not happen again. 

All in all, I believe that this violent act only shows the capacity that humans have to destroy everything around them, including us.  So, if we can’t even prevent us from killing each other, how can we prevent a person from killing a bird? I mean there are things that are too violent to accept, and although the player said he was sorry, in the end the bird died and nothing happened. As a society we cannot preach that we should respect human rights when we can’t even protect the ones who have no voice, like the owl who was killed by the killer kick. Therefore, it’s necessary that if the Colombian authorities are not able to censor this player in the proper way, then it’s up to FIFA to speak out on this matter, and show that at least more is done than just a simple fine and a two day suspension. A killer kick deserves a killer sanction, and this Panamanian player should not be an exception, he must receive a real sanction for his act. Saying sorry was fine, but the message should be clear; Humans as well as any other living organism have the right to live and nobody has the right to take that away. The killer kick made the owl fly to heaven, and let’s hope the killer kick also makes the Panamanian player fly into a longer suspension than the one he got.

Cristhian Mancera Mejia

Director

La Tribunacolus