Boxley - that is life! 'Things' have become more valuable than living creatures - human and non-human. But things can be replaced with money - living beings can't.
Dicky - I don't watch TV but will look out for this little guy. Insurance companies try to find any reason to not pay out. Luckily my little tom cat, Frankie, is covered for his asthma - which will save me thousands over the course of his life (unless he winds me up even more and then in the wheelie bin he will go).
:-)