I prefer the Eldrich explaination. We are so much larger and more powerful, and smarrer, and more handsomer than ants, why would we care?

Perhaps there are are gods with pet species, but we are not one of them, or if we are we have a sadistic owner, or we just don’t understand what’s going on because we are ants.

All moot, I’m not religious, but it’s the only explanation that makes sense to me.