You seem to be saying that animal causes are unworthy recipients of human effort because animals aren’t humans. However, people care about animals because of the emotional effects of animals. They care about people because of the emotional effects of people. I don’t think it’s proven that people only like animals because the animals are super-stimuli.
You may be interested in Alan Dawrst’s essays on animal suffering and animal suffering prevention.
You may be interested in Alan Dawrst’s essays on animal suffering and animal suffering prevention.