Not to be too blunt about this, but how much protection do we actually offer to biological sentient beings? Monkeys and dolphins get hunted frequently, and nobo

Not to be too blunt about this, but how much protection do we actually offer to biological sentient beings? Monkeys and dolphins get hunted frequently, and nobody seems to be all that bothered about keeping them in captivity either. Humans do plenty of terrible stuff to each other too. I could easily see people not being bothered by AI suffering either, as long as it's an "outgroup" AI aligned to some group you don't like.