So what? People can't feel emotions towards abstract statistics. I'm sure if I could see every animal being abused world wide I would probably have a mental breakdown.

Don't "yes, but" this, folks. The parent comment was very specific, focused, why not just ponder it?

Thank you our furry cosmonauts for pioneering a new frontier for us shitty ungrateful humans.

Sure, but if A is worse, doesn't mean B is good.

B takes attention and hides A. We feel for a single dog sent in space but have no feelings for pigs being slaughtered each second. We feel for a handful of people killed in NYC but are oblivious to 276 victims in Mogadiscio. It's important to put things in order sometimes.

B isn't hiding A. I doubt people would care for the pigs or mogadishians if the other stories weren't in their minds.

Especially when B happened sometime in the past and A happens right now.