Holocaust is a word that has its origin long before The Holocaust happened. [0]

I did not call the non-human animal holocaust as The Holocaust (committed by the nazis).

Here's a Jewish Holocaust survivor https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2h8df0/i_am_an_80year... that gladly uses the word holocaust to talk about what is happening to docile, domesticated animals all over the world.

Here's a notable survivor too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer#Vegetari...

[0]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/holocaust