A Triumph for the Kantian View of Animal Cruelty?

Here.  (Thanks to Lori Watson for the pointer--and for those who don't recall their Kant on this subject, here is Professor Watson's helpful gloss:  "Kant says that we shouldn't harm (torture) animals because it  increases the chances that we will harm humans (rational agents).    Since non-rational agents have no moral value in themselves, he can't explain why it is wrong to harm them in themselves and so the best he can do is to point to a potential harm to those with moral value.")