How would you feel if a stranger came into your home, trashed the place, lit it on fire and then left? Typical pet animals seem to have more rights than others. It’s wrong to treat dogs and cats badly, but if a type of animal isn’t your typical pet, that seems to take away that animal’s right to live in the eyes of some people. Even higher intelligence doesn’t seem to give animals more rights; dolphins, elephants and chimpanzees are all endangered, yet show astounding parallels to human rationale.
