Animals are neither innocent nor guilty, they're amoral. They're not apart of human moral systems, hence cannot be judged by that standard. That doesn't mean that it's acceptable to abuse them, though.
As for children being innocent, I would say usually children under 7 doesn't know what is right from wrong, typically by the time they are preteens, they should have some basic morality like "Don't steal", "Don't bully others", etc.
IIN that I don't think kids are more important than adults?
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Animals are neither innocent nor guilty, they're amoral. They're not apart of human moral systems, hence cannot be judged by that standard. That doesn't mean that it's acceptable to abuse them, though.
As for children being innocent, I would say usually children under 7 doesn't know what is right from wrong, typically by the time they are preteens, they should have some basic morality like "Don't steal", "Don't bully others", etc.