The basic form of my question is: By comparing the lives of non-human animals to the lives of humans suffering from advanced AIDS, does Frey actually intend to imply that those lives are not worth living?
He probably does, but if he stopped and considered this for a moment he might revise his opinion. Animals do not suffer simply by virtue of being non-human, so this comparison is really not valid at all. Furthermore, in Frey's example, the human suffering from AIDS has actually asked to be euthanized. Non-human animals typically do not wish to die (although there are of course exceptions). Whether they actively wish to live is more debatable, and depends on one's definition of 'wish' (I tend to think they do wish this), but regardless, the comparison makes almost no sense.
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