Animals Don't Have Rights, So We Who Do Need To Do What's Right

Lots of vegans talk about animal "rights," but I don't use that word.  The word "rights" implies a guarantee.  I looked it up to see whether this was more than just my sense of the word, and this is what I found:  

a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.

"she had every right to be angry"

entitlement, prerogative, privilege, advantage, due, birthright, liberty, authority, power, license, permission, dispensation, leave, sanction, freedom.

Animals have no entitlement, prerogative, privilege, advantage, due, birthright, liberty, authority, power, license, permission, sanction, freedom.

Do they have the dispensation or leave?

The site also gave the example, "You have the right to say no."

Animals don't have that right--just the unfulfilled need.

 So we need to think of another form of the word right--the right thing to do, which  is to treat them as living beings, not objects, and to do what we can to alleviate their suffering, particularly their suffering in factory farms, while recognizing that "range free" is often a misleading--even dishonest--phrase, and if it were accurate and honest, it would not be sustainable in a world with 8 billion people.  We need to support the vegan movement in any way we can.    Eat less meat or no meat at all, be sure that a vegan entree is on the menu of every restaurant we patronize, encourage people who are trying to do the right thing, educate and be educated.

That's the right thing to do.