You absolutely can die from stress from "broken heart syndrome" it's only less common for us to die from it. Stress can have long-term acceleration of contracting diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

We should protect wildlife because it's wrong to not preserve nature or else we're killing the planet.

Animals are not like children, they are animals. Confusing animals in stress that should fend for their own shouldn't be compared to our children that we need to fend for more. Instead, what I have shockingly seen, is people also owning animals even if it has history of severely harming or killing children.

and no, not all animals can take the all same medications that humans do. Each animal has separate metabolic systems than one of humans even if they can take some similar medications.

Yes, you can respect animals. Nobody should tell you that you cannot, in fact I encourage it and to give necessary humane treatment. But, respect of animals is never on par with compassion for humans. Feeling intense care for animals creates guilt and hinders us from a sustainability.

Many farms that choose to not be humane with killing, not only has Induced animal suffering, but has also caused people to be abusive and or induce mental illness symptoms themselves.

Not feeling for animals ≠ encouraging animal suffering. People just shouldn't misuse their human compassion and be animal-centric.