The state of Alaska spent $40,000 restoring ONE sea lion to health after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. When they released it back into the sea, with fanfare and children watching, it was quickly eaten by a killer whale.
Get a new cat.
I have long thought that was one of the absolute best examples of absurdity that has ever been.
On the other hand . . . reverence for life is not at all a bad thing . . . provided folks don't go absolutely gahgah bonkers with it.