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"2. Same as 1, above. Save the person. Even a bad person is worth more than the animals. In fact, even if the person were on death row pending execution on Thursday for multiple murder, I'd let the animals die on Wednesday so the person could be executed in accordance with the law on schedule rather than die due to some decision of mine to save x animals the day before."

In that case, i'd choose you to alleviate suffering of one animal.