It depends -
1. family members and friends are more important than any animals life
2. serial killers - sorry but I'd much rather see them die than my pet dog
And if my pet dog died, I would be devastated for a long time since I've lived with her for 8 years, but if I hear that some person I've never met was shot somewhere 1000 miles away from where I live, it wouldn't affect me nearly as much.