On Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:33:21 -0700, Chris L Peterson
wrote:
I never said rights are natural rights. Of course rights can only
be
assigned by humans (or other sentient beings, if they exist). But
humans can give rights to non-sentinent beings such as animals. Or
even rocks - the humans decide.

A matter of definition. I wouldn't use that word in that case.

Other humans can make other decisions - and there is no god or other
supreme being to stop them from doing that.