K-pop artist Jang Pil-soon has tragically lost her pet dog due to a fatal incident at a pet boarding facility.

According to an SBS News report on June 28, Jang Pil-soon's dog, Camus, tragically died of heat stroke caused by dehydration just 10 hours after being entrusted to the pet hotel.

The pet hotel has stated that the incident occurred when the trainer, in an attempt to calm the dog, placed it inside a cage and covered it with a blanket while temporarily turning off the air conditioning. Upon discovering Camus's deteriorating condition in the early morning, the facility tried emergency measures and transported him to a veterinary hospital, but it was too late. The facility has expressed regret for the incident and announced that it would temporarily halt its operations.

With great anger towards the pet hotel and guilt towards her pet, Jang Pil-soon stated, "I wasn't able to be there for Camus's last moments because of the late contact from the hotel's side. Thinking about Camus, who must have been thirsting, gasping for breath, and panicking in that dark place under the thick blanket, desperately searching for me in utter terror, makes my heart tremble and tears flow."

She further added, "The entrusted pet hotel, such facilities that claim to provide 'special care', have driven my precious life, Camus, to death. I hope such people who disregard life so casually are not so readily given qualifications. I wish no more innocent lives are sacrificed to human greed."

Jang Pil-soon also emphasized, "Please value the lives you handle. We create the change. It's beyond a mistake. Camus is no longer with us."

The facility in question had advertised that professional trainers were on site 24 hours a day. However, this promise was not upheld and there were instances where the dog was left in a vehicle the day before the incident. Jang Pil-soon plans to file charges against the company for violations of animal protection laws.

The following is Jang Pil-soon's full social media post:

"Our Camus was a stray dog we met on the streets of Jeju.

Camus, bearing the pain of abandonment, was incredibly bright and smart, but he always suffered from separation anxiety.

I had been maintaining a minimal schedule, but since last year, whenever I had concerts, I would search for a reliable hotel to entrust him. Despite the hotel being an hour's drive from our house, I would leave Camus, Mongi, and recently our adopted Melody at the hotel.

Camus, who looked anxious when I wasn't around, particularly chose 'special care' where he would sleep with the hotel owner in the same bed...

On the afternoon of July 23 (I usually drop him off the day before my Busan schedule), Camus, who was admitted, crossed the rainbow bridge the next morning due to severe dehydration and symptoms similar to heat stroke...

Upon arriving at Gimhae Airport, I received a call and without thinking, I immediately boarded a flight back to Jeju...

I can't remember how I drove to the hospital where Camus was...

Nothing felt real in my head.

When I arrived at the hospital... Camus was already stiff and cold... My close acquaintances and siblings in Jeju (friends from Friendly Hands) were crying as they stroked Camus...

Due to the late contact from the hotel's side, I wasn't able to be there for Camus's last moments...

He must have been in the stuffy car for hours, in the kennel without a sip of water...

Covered in a thick cotton blanket in that dark place, he would have been parched, suffocating, anxious, and in pain,

In that immense fear, he must have desperately... desperately searched for me...

As the protector of a life, I feel guilt for not being able to protect him, and I cry continuously with a trembling heart...

I have adopted and said goodbye to many abandoned lives.

Every time there is the unfamiliar pain and sorrow of parting... but Camus is different...

The pet hotel, daycare... such facilities that I trusted... in the 'special care' there, they drove my precious life, Camus, to death...

I miss him so much...

I miss him so much...

I want to touch and stroke him...

I terribly miss Camus...

In the hope that no other lives suffer a painful death like my precious Camus did, I wish that those who take life lightly are not so readily given qualifications... I wish no more innocent lives are sacrificed to human greed...

#JangPilSoon #Camus #DaysInSogilli #MissYou #Sorry #ProblemWithPetDaycare #LifeHandling #PleaseValueIt #WeCreateChange #UnacceptableMistake #NowCamusIsGone"

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