I Am Very Upset About Gus Kenworthy's Dead Dog

“She was the kindest, most gentle soul I’ve ever known. She loved people. She loved birds and the snow. She loved me and Matt,” Kenworthy wrote. “But most of all she loved meeting other dogs. If any of you have pets up in doggy heaven please tell them to go find Bee because she could really use a good play date right now.”

Here’s the whole post, which you can read but I cannot, as my eyes are so blurred by tears I fear I may never see out of them again.

Kenworthy previously called the meat farm where he found Beemo “[o]ne of the saddest places I’ve ever been,” noting the dogs that lived there were chained up, cramped, physically abused, and left to freeze or swelter in winter and summer. When it came time for them to be slaughtered for food, Kenworthy said, dogs were electrocuted, often over a prolonged period. “Yes, there is an argument to be made that eating dogs is a part of Korean culture. And, while don’t personally agree with it, I do agree that it’s not my place to impose western ideals on the people here,” Kenworthy wrote in an Instagram post in February. “The way these animals are being treated, however, is completely inhumane and culture should never be a scapegoat for cruelty.”

So, briefly, Beemo was saved, and now Beemo is gone (Kenworthy’s two rescue dogs from Sochi, Jake and Mishka, are thankfully doing fine.) RIP, sweet doggy, may pet heaven be full of squeaky bones to chew and humans who never tire of playing catch.