The endemic diseases say we're not on top of the food chain.

We're special to each other because we wouldn't function very well if we didn't find each other special.

Yet, we take great care in our own society to ensure people higher up in the food chain don’t take advantage of those below them—so much so, in fact, that the declaration of human rights declares we’re all born equal. If we sort ourselves in a hierarchy with other sentient beings, why doesn’t the same concept apply to them too?