I like your analogy, Znep and have to agree about the last part. Animals don't wake up and be like ok who are we going to piss off today, fight because he doesn't agree with me or just has a different color, ideology or religion. Can you imagine the white and brown bear being racist against each other because the color of their fur is different. That's how silly racism is in the land of humans.

That said there is a few animals I won't get upset by if they die for example insects especially the kind that can bother me usually during summer time (mosquitos, wasps and flies). I do love cats and dogs but I am not going to be upset over the death of a nasy dog attacking for no reason. I still remember I was told when I was little at my aunt's they had a German shepherd who almost bit me. I must have been a toddler still and don't remember the scene as such but I do remember I had a holy fear for that dog ever since even when he was locked in a cage. The neighbor also had that kind of dog, who would bark loudly when he saw me and I'm sure if he would ever been loose and near me he would have attacked me. Fortunately those seemed to be the exceptions as most dogs of that type are not aggressive. But you know dogs attacking me even if it was because they sensed my fear, which is a natural reflex apparently, fuck them! I never did anything to piss them off. When they died if given the chance I would have danced on their corpses. Maybe that's why I'm more of a cat lover. Sure I got scratches regularly but those were usually deserved when I felt too playful and the cat was not feeling like it.

Did the death of the dog upset me in the Babadook yes. Would the death of that kid have upset me, hell no, I would probably have applauded it. Did the death of the human turned into a fly in the Fly remake upset me? No, that dude was unlikable as human and as a fly he would still be an asshole.