I love animals, not keen on rats and reptiles though. However I value human life over animal life. If I was in a sinking ship, I’d get my kids, my parents, my siblings and my husband into the lifeboat before my dog and cat. Arthur and Alfie are canny enough to survive anyway.
I live by the sea and every year there’s at least one person who drowns trying to save their dog from the incoming tide, and the dog always survives. Very sad. When you go to the coast, download a tide times app before you go walking on the beach.