Hong Jin-young saved his life in the middle of the night...Natural Monument Emergency Rescue

By Jieun, Baek

Sep 08, 2025

Hong Jin-young saved his life in the middle of the night...Natural Monument Emergency Rescue



Singer Hong Jin-young saved the life of a natural monument owl.

On the 8th, Hong Jin-young found a small owl on his account on his way home from his schedule," he wrote in a lengthy note.

He "At first, I thought it was going to fly away because it was amazing, but when I got closer, it looked so bad. I was wondering if it was a dehydration symptom, so I took it carefully, but the owl was surprised and flapped its wings toward the road, and it couldn't fly properly, and I crawled in the middle of the road and stopped" he explained.




The wildlife protection center can't be reached because it's dawn, and I'm worried that I'll get hit by a car if I leave it on the road, so I decided to take him to the hospital for now. However, even though I called more than 20 animal hospitals at 24:00 in downtown Seoul, everyone said it was difficult to treat owls. I was so relieved when you asked me to pick you up from the hospital where you called because it was your last time," he said.

Hong Jin-young saved his life in the middle of the night...Natural Monument Emergency Rescue
Hong Jin-young "Fortunately, I didn't have any major problems with X-rays, and when I took oxygen therapy and glucose, I regained my energy little by little. The doctor said it was probably a hypoglycemic shock"Originally, I tried to contact the Wildlife Protection Center in the morning to send an owl, but when I came out of the hospital, I said, "It's a natural monument, what if I protect it wrong…"' I was worried about it, so I called Seongdong-gu Office just in case. But thankfully, he'll come to pick me up right away'I don't know how relieved I was that you gave me an answer."

Hong Jin-young said "Thanks to you, your precious life was safe. Thank you from the bottom of my heart," he said, thanking the medical staff and Seongdong-gu Office.




Photos and videos released at the same time showed the owl undergoing treatment. Hong Jin-young saved his life by struggling, who didn't give up even under difficult conditions late in the day. In response, fans cheered loudly, saying 'So cool'You did a really good job'Your face and heart are pretty'

Seven species of owls have been designated and protected as natural monuments, including Suri owl, arrowroot owl, pine owl, cowpeek, and large cowpeek.





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