and..then the dog jumps back in the water during the rescue...
Of course it does.
Glad he saved it!

Meh, dogs. So stupid. Cats rule!

No, the dog was worried it was getting the nice man wet. Cat would have scratched his face and sprayed his boots.

I think it's safe to say that you speak for the rest of us. And may I add, as a final nail in the coffin, the cat would have just ignored him afterwards.

As a professional firefighter for 30 years, I can say there is never any reason to risk human life, for an animal.

Quit.
Humans ARE animals.....disgusting, self centered, egotistical, destructive animals.
Your statement just lowered my respect for firefighters by >20%

Maybe not, but humanity has a long, sorted history of risking human lives to do the Awesome.

The mere fact you're correct means no one should be expected to, but that they do anyway is proper badassery.

Ps. You're a cat person, aren't you? Sound like a cat person.

tbh, I think he has a point. Thing is, as far as I think, risk was very low in this incident. Firefighters are professionals, they work with risk. they made a decision and worked with that.

same thing probably applies to humans, if they consider it unsafe to save a life they will most likely not risk a life.

Ok, my understanding of his comment was that these firefighters were in the wrong because they put themselves at (minimal) risk for an animal, which should never, under any circumstances, be done.
"NEVER ANY reason to RISK human life for an animal"....that's a huge leap from making an informed educated decision on how much risk is acceptable, and miles away from selflessly putting themselves in harm's way to save lives, which I think is how most people see and treat them. (Strictly read, he wouldn't cross the street to save a choking baby panda....I get he didn't mean to be so silly, but never any risk is NO risk. I'm sure glad the anti poachers in Africa don't share his sentiment.)

Had he said it's never acceptable to knowingly sacrifice human life to attempt to save animals, I would still disagree, but I could at least comprehend his point and argue each risk/benefit equation would be different. Accepting no risk whatsoever on behalf of animals' lives is inhumane, but is quite human.

Firefighters willingly risk their lives to save inanimate property daily, hearing one say they think living animals deserve less risk on their part than a lumber yard is infuriating and incredibly disappointing to me.

If a carpenter is building a house and a nails bends does that mean all nails are bad?

Give us back our 20%.

So you don't value life, just human life? I'm glad dogs don't think like that.

Your wisdom enlightens.
No, all nails aren't bad...but it means I should no longer delude myself into the mistaken belief that all nails are equally good.
I return 18.5%

At least you lowered your cynicism a bit. That's a good start.

Dude! Please!

I'm trying to eat my chicken here!

If you don't believe all nails are good, how do expect them to believe it?

What do you have to lose?