Soccer player throws stray dog off field
EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />An Argentine soccer player was booted from a match after he violently grabbed a stray dog that had wandered onto the pitch and tried to throw it off the field.<br/> <br />The animal interrupted a game between Bella Vista and San Juan of the lower Tucumana league when Bella Vista forward Jose Jimenez grabbed the dog.<br/> <br />Jimenez seized the dog by the neck with both hands and threw it. The animal collided with a wire fence and came crashing back down to the ground.<br/> <br />The dog got up quickly and appeared to be unharmed as it ran away.<br/> <br />Fans and the opposing team however were angered, and people in the stands began hurling garbage and insults at Jimenez.<br/> <br />Players from the opposing San Juan side charged toward the Bella Vista bench where Jimenez had take refuge.<br/> <br />As the tension rose, a referee gave Jimenez a red card, expelling him from the game.<br/> <br />Local media reports later said Bella Vista had rescinded on Jimenez's contract following the