I really can't comprehend how the fate of single animals (ecologically irrelevant) frequently cause such an uproar online — more frequently cats and dogs, and n

I really can't comprehend how the fate of single animals (ecologically irrelevant) frequently cause such an uproar online — more frequently cats and dogs, and never unattractive animals. I remember the a couple of years ago the completely disproportionate violent reactions in Spain to the order for the killing of a dog belonging to a nurse that had been infected with Ebola. It seems not even children elicit these kinds of reactions nowadays.