Our economy and government view humans as disposable machines that barely matter. Of course animals dying in natural disasters are only a loss of assets to the owners.
The reason governments recoup some of the losses is to prevent inflation in meat prices which would make voters unhappy. They interfere in the free market in the worst way; when it should naturally force farmers to develop evacuation measures out of cold self interest. Insurance companies would raise rates as disasters increase in occurrence, so it’s politicians trying to appeal to clueless voters that are making things worse in this situation. Voters who are mostly ignorant to the unethical nature of our system and unwilling to support creating a better world.