We know only the name of his breeder, a soldier surnamed Li.

Li's "best friend" worked for several days and helped locate 35 survivors.

But in one search for survivors, he was crushed to death when a building collapsed.

Li was heard crying into the night.

Of course, more common were soldiers who snatched pets out of danger's way.

That gives rise to a moral dilemma: Should humans save animals - pets and livestock - in the wake of such a mammoth natural disaster?

Opinions differ: Some say pets offer priceless companionship and therefore justify extra effort to save them, while others resent the sacrifice of soldiers to save "stupid animals".

There is no doubt that saving human lives has been the top priority - and rightly so. For those who take it for granted, there was a time when we held the value of some property - a building, a log - above human life.

It sounds callous to calculate what is more valuable because there has been a fundamental shift in evaluating human life in the past three decades.

We now have more respect for human lives regardless of demographics.

To some animal lovers, pets are just as valuable as human lives.

It's not something we should measure with money. The laughter and companionship a pet brings are something you can never quantify with a purchase price. You give a pet love, and it requites - it's a magical bond.

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