Guess what! I walk on two legs. I have opposable thumbs. I can write a song, paint a painting, and critique a bad movie. Also, my brain is very powerful, and I can calculate mathematic problems in my head, and even build a technological society that advances each and every year! What am I?
Human. I'm human. I can do all those things listed above. And because of that, I am higher on the food chain. I am above animals. I eat meat, except from other humans, because that is called cannibalism. I am also able to tell what is wrong and what is right. Deliberate torturing animals is wrong, but using them for food and clothing and medical testing is acceptable. They are also there to be our pets, so they can comfort us. But, also, we try to save them if they are endangered. Except for a select few humans, who poach, but I try not to associate with them.
If there is a higher being who is more improved than humans, they have the right to use us for food and testing.
So PETA, why don't you start trying to go after things such as saving elephants and sea turtles? Not trying to get Hamburg and Frankfurt to change their names because they resemble hamburger and hotdogs.