In terms of animal rights, do you believe that all species should be equally protected by law?

Any such law would be completely unenforceable, and unenforceable laws are “bad” IMHO. Should we really punish people for killing locus and other pests that could cause famine? Or for accidentally running over some ants or splattering other insects on the windshield?

Another factor is that law enforcement, and animal rights activists have limited resources, and thus it’s probably better to actually divert the efforts towards animals which actually need it.