More worried about the animals

Whenever there's a natural disaster or a disaster of any kind - big or small - or in more recent times, a war, I always worry more about the animals than I do the humans.

In talking about the war, since it's dominating the news and our lives, I do feel for the people. Don't get me wrong, it's awful and breaks my heart. What breaks my heart even more is how much the animals, domestic or not, are suffering. They have absolutely no say in anything that happens and they're always an afterthought... Well after women, pregnant women and children.

I hate that animals are still seen as inconvenient beings, literally just objects we surround ourselves with, or as test subjects. There's absolutely no equality between human lives and animal lives.

I'm not really sure where to go with this, but I guess I was just wondering if anyone else felt the same...