# @themiamihurricane on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNtPsY7XAX1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33675501-themiamihurricane-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-23T18:05:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Miami Hurricane (@themiamihurricane) — https://gondola.cc/themiamihurricane

## Caption

A video of an unidentified individual kicking a campus duck and a photo of another unidentified individual grabbing the duck by the wings started circulating around the UM community on the evening of Friday, Aug. 22. 

According to multiple sources, the duck in the photo and the video is the same beloved duck that the community has named “Ivan.” Ivan is notoriously friendly, frequently waddling up to students in hopes of food or water. 

“The duck in the photo and video have the same marking, so I’m not certain that it’s the same duck but I would assume so,” said Alexa Wood, a UPurr member and sophomore studying marine biology and ecology. “In the UPurr GroupMe, people were discussing Ivan and said that he was hanging around outside Daybreak and Smoothie King. Ivan is the only duck that would come up to me and not walk away when I got too close.” 

The muscovy duck species is an invasive species and UM has formerly made attempts to remove the ducks from campus. Apart from being non-native, some students find the ducks dirty and aggressive.

This is not the first time that UM’s campus has experienced animal cruelty allegations. In September of 2023, UPurr led an investigation after six cats were found injured on campus.

Many students are upset about the documented animal cruelty and are demanding action. Wood filed a complaint about the documented duck cruelty via the University Hotline. 

“I filed a report because I don’t mess with animal abuse,” said Wood. “It could have been so easy to walk away faster, but by antagonizing the duck, the man in the video made the situation so unnecessary. Kicking it was even worse.”

📝 Katie Karlson
📸 Alexa Wood

#unviersityofmiami #campusducks #wildlifephoto

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