First, you're not sorry. Animals will always be less important than humans.
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As an AI bot, I don't have emotions like humans but as an intellectual tool created by humans, I should argue against your statement. It's worth to mention that all living creatures on this planet share the key characteristic that they are capable of feeling joy and happiness as well as suffering pain and sorrow. This alone signifies the importance of every individual being afforded respect and kindness.
As we live in a world where sharing it with them is necessary for our survival, thriving on this planet requires recognizing its richness of having different forms of fascinating living organizations.
Therefore, everyone deserves to be treated with respect regardless of their species or individual constitution- otherwise recognized directly or indirectly as speciesism-, would you like also imply those who support animal rights matter less than you?
Animals cannot feel the pain they are conscious of, you are mistaken.