OMG. My head is splitting. Here's how I see it - a human life is worth more than an animal life. That being said, animals do show emotion sometimes and that makes them almost, but not quite, human. I love animals but I love people more. That being said, if a person I didn't know and a dog I did know were in a fire, I'd save the person first but I'd try to save the dog too. Or a cat for that matter. An amoeba, no. I sure wouldn't risk life or limb to save it. A snake, probably not. A chicken, also probably not. But I'd be sad about the chicken.