If they have the right to not be harmed by humans, wouldn't they have the right to not be harmed by other animals?
Should a wolf be prosecuted for hunting down a fawn?
Should Mittens get the chair for devouring Squeaker?
Should maggots be charged with defiling a corpse?
Should our white blood cells be arrested for murder?
You take things to their logical conclusion, things get absurdum real fast.