The questions of whether an ape has the same moral status as a domestic cow and if animals (human and nonhuman) deserve the same level of moral concern as plants concern the issue of:

species egalitarianism or non egalitarianism

Explanation:

Species Egalitarianism refers to the view that all species have equal rights , value, and whether all species should be treated in the same standard.

People who support species egalitarianism believe that all species have equal rights while nonegalitarianists belie otherwise.

Nonegalitarianist often pointed out to the way animals behave in order to prove their point. When we let nature take it course, animals eventually go and kill one another in order to survive. With this, the idea that humans should treat animals in equal manners as other humans can be seen as extremely ridiculous

protectionism fosters competition and keeps price regulated is not an argument in favor of protectionism.