Sentience and self-awareness is a matter of degree; and on the Great Scale of Being, God is considerably above us -- moreso than we are above, say, Bambi. Should the Human hunting of Animals, for enjoyment, be outlawed -- even on Private Property?
That is an assumption not in evidence. Are you saying an person of IQ 180 has some greater moral authority than a person of IQ 120?
If no, then your linear scale is disproven and you have to seriously reconsider your belief system that God can torture whomsoever he pleases because of "property rights."