Why do people draw moral distinctions between humans and other-than-human animals?

"Experimentation Animal ethics © 2025 Compost Collective, CC BY-NC 4.0 https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0449.05 Discussion : Do you think it is permissible to eat other-than-human animals ? What arguments for and against eating animals can you come up with? Humans and other-than-humans What are our duties and rights towards other-than-human animals ? Should we eat them? Should we use them in animal experiments ? Discussions around these topics often lead to heated debates. The way we view animals, whether it relates to their place in our lives or the cultural context we find ourselves in, influences our perspectives on practices such as consuming meat. We differentiate between animals that we classify as food and those we classify as companions. Why do we draw such distinctions? Is it even acceptable to draw moral distinctions between humans and other-than-human animals?"