Exactly. If ONE human dies because these moonbats were saving dogs and cats, they should be charged with muder (depraved indifference).
Animal rescuers will be, at minimum, another set of eyes and ears to HELP FIND humans, even if they don't have the right kind of equipment to save humans.
Then they can let the Coast Guard, National Guard etc. know where to find them by pinpointing the humans' locations.
And this is all being done with PRIVATE money, with privately supplied equipment, and with volunteers. Why would you want to stop them - or even more absurdly, punish them?
Tell you what, jack, I'm going to go ahead and donate $50 to one of these organizations.
Why don't you try paying me a visit and make a citizen's arrest for murder?