I am very much the same.
It doesn't matter what it is - I like to save pretty much everything if it comes uninvited into my apartment or gets stuck somewhere.
The other day I found a honey bee on the staircase where I live...usually someone would just kill it...I ran all over my apartment trying to find a plastic glass to "trap" it...
Finally I found something and was able to get him/her inside and set it free back out into the world.
But I think I show compassion in other areas as well. I take care of loved ones, make sure they are spoiled and happy. Make them fantastic meals and teas. Care for people when they are sick. Send little cards off in the mail instead of emailing.
I just try to be the best person I can be in this life and of course, in the next.
Posts like this make me realize that I need to be grateful for what I have.
And drinking was never the answer to anything.