In many ways, no they’re not. The average chicken/pig/cow isn’t on the same intelligence level as the average human, for instance.
That being said, you’re not going to convince me that those differences are great enough to justify enslaving and killing them by the billions when alternatives exist.
Subjugate, exploit, confine against their will… We can argue semantics all day but the result is the same.
confine against their will
they don’t know what’s good for them. protecting them from the elements and predators and starvation is good.