( CNN ) -- Colombia 's soccer officials announced Wednesday they will suspend a defender for the Deportivo Pereira for two games and fine him $ 560 for kicking an owl on the Junior Barranquilla home field on Sunday . The bird , a mascot for the Junior Barranquilla team , had landed on the field during a game shortly before Luis Moreno trotted over to it and launched it aloft with his foot . It landed a few yards away . Monday , it died . `` The animal was practically a symbol for the Barranquillera fan and , given that the aggression occurred in their own stadium and in direct view of all the assistants , such an attitude can validly be interpreted as being within the range of public provocation that is regulated by the disciplinary code of the Colombian Football Federation , '' soccer officials said in a statement . Newspaper reports quoted Moreno as apologizing for the act .
Colombia 's Luis Moreno also fined $ 560 after kicking an owl . Bird was `` practically a symbol for the Barranquillera fan , '' soccer officials said . Owl , which landed on field during game , died a day after incident .