On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 20:08:09 +0100, Paul Schlyter
wrote:

A law against cruelty to animals does not mean that animals have
rights.

From a human perspective it certainly does.

I disagree. We have laws here in my state against defacing natural
features, such as rocks or trees. Does that mean rocks and trees have
rights? I think that's stretching the definition a lot farther than it
can reasonably go.