I guess the fact that treating the animals like property leads to unwanted effects begs the question on whether we should be treating animals as property. Clear

I guess the fact that treating the animals like property leads to unwanted effects begs the question on whether we should be treating animals as property. Clearly there is a difference between an animal and an inanimate object. We have animal welfare and cruelty laws, etc. While this may be legal, whether it is ethical is a more important question. Seems to me it’s time to update the laws that describe living beings the same way as pencils.