I live on a farm. I have children, I have a dog and I have chickens. My chickens are no less important than my dog. They are all part of our family, are valuable and loved. It is a sad life lesson that these children have had to learn. However, to suggest that their sadness over the loss of their dog, is greater than the sadness of another over what would have resulted in the loss of chickens is crazy. It would have been sad for someone no matter how this story ended.