News out of Colombia that the mascot of Atlético Junior, an owl that lived in the rafters of the Estadio Metropolitano, has died of trauma after being kicked off the field by Pereira’s Luis Moreno.

Moreno, a defender with the Panamanian national side, went to remove the bird off the pitch after it had been struck by a clearance, but perhaps he shouldn’t have done it with his foot. Vets say the combination of being stuck by the ball and the rough handling from Moreno were direct causes of its death.

Fans are particularly peeved seeing as they’d adopted the bird as their mascot, and the defender has received numerous death threats against himself and his family back in Panama. He’s attempted to make good by visiting a zoo for an owl lecture, and has promised to return to volunteer with the animals on a monthly basis.