A petition claiming prosecution against the English club defender West Ham brought together more than 160,000 signatures.
Le Monde with AFP
Kurt Zouma, defender of the Blues and the English Club of West Ham, causes live reactions, since Tuesday, February 8 and the diffusion of a video where we see it knock his cat on foot.
In the two clips broadcast on Snapchat, as the tabloid The Sun relayed, we can see Kurt Zouma, 27, pursue his cat in his house on the suburbs of London, give him a blow to Foot, before starting a shoe and, finally, to give it a slap on the muzzle while the animal is in the arms of a child.
West Ham Ace Kurt Zouma Filmed Kicking and Slapping HIS Pet Cat in Horrific Video https://t.co/souzrthp0q
” That’s what your cat feel “
West Ham, the club he joined in August 2021 from Chelsea, condemned “unreservedly” his player’s behavior in a separate statement: “We talked to Kurt and will deal with the case in Internal, but we want to clarify that we do not tolerate the cruelty towards animals “.
A Petition, posted on the Change.org platform , collected more than 160,000 signatures, Wednesday afternoon. “In the United Kingdom, we have laws against animal abuse, laws that should apply to all, rich or poor, famous or not! We ask the metropolitan police and the RSPCA to conduct an urgent investigation and to pursue the authors of this heinous act, “according to the text of the petition. The case went up to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who described the acts of Zouma of “despicable” and said “disappointed” by the coach and the leaders.
The West Ham Club still aligned its supporter in the evening against Watford, for the first day of the Premier League. During this match won 1-0 and Kurt Zouma played in its entirety, French was constantly booked by the opposing supporters, and sometimes even by those of West Ham. At one point, the fans of Watford sang “This is what your cat feel” in reaction to a fault committed by Josh King on Kurt Zouma. His coach David Moyes, who “loves animals a lot”, justified his decision to grant him by explaining that his work was “to choose the best team and [that] Kurt was part of it.” “Some people will be disappointed and I understand that,” he also admitted. One of the West Ham sponsors, “Experience Kissimmee”, a flocking place in Florida, announced that it would review its financial links with the club.
The Dagenham and Redbridge FC, Club of Fifth Division, announced that he would take sanctions against Kurt Zouma’s brother, Yoan, who played there and filmed the scene. The 23-year-old has expressed his “profound regrets for [his] participation in the video”, in the same press release.