"There have been all kinds of things... on the telephone, everything," the Pereira player said in a television interview. "It wasn't my intention to hurt the animal."
Moreno caused an uproar by trying to kick the stricken bird - which had just been injured after being hit by the ball - into touch during the 2-1 defeat at Atletico Junior on Sunday.
The owl, which lived under the roof of the Metropolitano stadium in Barranquilla, was considered Junior's lucky mascot and Moreno had to be given police protection on leaving the field.
NEWS: Player causes uproar by kicking owl on pitch
"It's very difficult for me and my family who are in Panama and are afraid about all this," added Moreno.
The player's tearful mother said in an interview in Panama: "I've very worried, his intention was not to kill the animal."
