Some animals are more equal than others.
I recall when they were getting petitions for the trap ban here in Washington state. Some lady was outside the large box hardware store and asked me to sign. I had my 3-year old boy in hand.
I told her that this was a great place to get petitions - she replied “Oh yes, it is very busy.”
“No - I mean it is like a protest against the store.”
“Huh?”
“You know - they sell traps in there to kill animals, like mice and rats and moles.”
“Oh - ha ha. No we aren’t trying to ban THOSE kinds of traps.”
“Why not? What is the difference between some cute furry mouse or rat or some cute muskrat, beaver or mountain lion?”
“Well, that’s just silly...”
The ban on traps DID extend to mole traps for professional exterminators, and my boy ended up with a cute, likable, well-natured rat for a pet a few years later.