[otabdeveloper4]

Not illogical at all. A person that abuses animals is a potential menace to society - lack of empathy means they might easily abuse humans too. We are punishing sociopathic tendencies here.

Farming animals is not sociopathic, it's a business decision based on economic interest.

This works because animals don't have human rights. (Obviously.)

[hutzlibu]

"lack of empathy means they might easily abuse humans too"

So just in case, we should jail most of our animal farmers/slaughterhouse workers as well?

[otabdeveloper4]

No, because animals don't have human rights.

We jail animal abusers based on a real-world idea of "pre-crime". (Unmotivated animal abuse strongly correlates with unmotivated violence against humans. For this same reason cartoon child porn is also illegal.)

[3cats-in-a-coat]

You need to let this one simmer down and see how it is self-contradictory.