The stag do antics of a bunch pretending to be Kurt Zouma, chasing a cat, has been slammed as ‘extraordinarily unhappy’ by Cats Protection. The lads, who discovered their stunt amusing, have been wearing West Ham shirts with ‘Zouma’ on the again, mocking his 2022 animal abuse case.
The footage from the undoubtedly alcohol-fuelled stag do in Headingley, Leeds, went viral over the weekend. The video shared on social media left many shocked that an incident which precipitated such public outrage might be made gentle of.
It was almost two years in the past, in June 2022, when the Hammers’ captain pleaded responsible to inflicting pointless struggling to a protected animal by kicking and slapping his pet cat. The 29-year-old was sentenced to 180 hours of group service, obtained a 12-month group order, and was banned from protecting cats for 5 years.
Since then, Zouma has confronted loads of criticism, together with a confrontation by a 6ft 7in Daily Star moggie on the court docket steps when he was held accountable for his actions. While the previous Chelsea defender might have anticipated opposition followers to sing songs concerning the occasion, he in all probability by no means anticipated a British stag do basing their total theme on his case.
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In a weird stag do video, onlookers have been left puzzled as they watched a groom dressed as a cat being chased by a bunch of males donning full West Ham kits. Another clip captured the social gathering on the Otley Run pub crawl within the pupil district, the place they took turns to kick the groom up the bottom outdoors a Cats Protection League charity store, participating in chants and gestures in direction of the premises, stories the Daily Star.
Cats Protection, the animal welfare charity that beforehand voiced “outrage” over Zouma’s act of cruelty, has spoken out in opposition to the group’s behaviour, criticising it for making gentle of great points surrounding animal welfare. Stefan Blakiston Moore, Advocacy and Campaigns Manager at Cats Protection, commented on the incident: “It’s unlucky to see individuals mocking animal abuse and the terrible incident which led to a legal conviction for Kurt Zouma,”.
Moore additional expressed disappointment with the general public show, stating: “When the video surfaced, Zouma’s actions have been rightly condemned and to see individuals making a joke of it in a busy excessive avenue is extraordinarily unhappy.”
Zouma himself has proven contrition relating to his previous actions. Reflecting on the impression of the incident final yr, he remarked: “It’s been a troublesome time for me and for my household. We’ve been via quite a bit. I made a mistake, I do know – I made a nasty one. I’ve to apologize once more for what I’ve finished, however life is about transferring on.”
