A five-second video caused uproar for animal-loving students on the University of Miami campus when footage captured a fan-favorite duck being attacked.

Student Alexa Wood, who is part of a campus animal advocacy organization UPurr, described the video to 7News.

“The guy turns around and punts it, kicks it and the duck goes away,” she said.

Wood said the incident happened last week, and Friday it began spreading on social media.

She believes the man in the video is a campus employee.

“He has a lanyard with an employee ID, and all the employees have to have their IDs on them,” said Wood.

This wasn’t just any duck, he’s known for being in that area and being friendly with students, who have affectionately given it a name.

“People started calling it ‘Ivan.’ I met it for the first time

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