Opposing Arguments Against Animal Rights

Animal rights is an actively debated topic with many viewpoints for and against which can be seen throughout history and remain visible to the present day. Many stand points exist based on matters such as human-animal dependency, morality, biology vs. rationality, and sentience; however although heavily debated the outcomes are more or less inconclusive.
Commonly argued points in opposition to animal rights include that it is the human ability to reason which sets us apart from other animals, that animals have no moral sense, that only creatures who comprehend rights can benefit from them, animals are not sentient: they cannot speak or feel and have no desires thoughts or interests, and animals and humans are inherently different, and therefore