Originally Posted by Robaggio

I see your connection between racism and 'specisim', however, I don't think it applies to this situation: "These cruel practices must end if we are to be able to condemn racism (among other things) without being morally inconsistent."

Humans arn't entitled to any rights. Neither are animals entitled to any rights. Morals are based on the notion that living things are entitled to things in the first place. Given this, how can there be any inconsistencies with treatment of anything vs. another?