Animals have an inherently higher worth in terms of energy, niche, process, consciousness. Bacteria left unchecked, could wipe out a species due to it's crazy

Animals have an inherently higher worth in terms of energy, niche, process, consciousness. Bacteria left unchecked, could wipe out a species due to it's crazy exponential growth factors. For example over running the immune system. Lately we have had scientific observations of some or of illness killing many birds across many species. In this case you clean the "watering hole" if you are going manage that artificial shared resource to prevent being part of the problem.