Obviously, consciousness is not the same as values. Just because a creature is conscious, we are not automatically precluded from killing it. A mouse is conscious; a person is conscious. Do we have qualitatively similar life experiences? I would guess that in some ways yes, and in other ways no. A mother mouse, for example, will under certain circumstances kill and eat its own offspring. We certainly don't share a similar view of life and death as certain other creatures. On the other hand, I would never dream of killing a dog, cat, whale, elephant, or many other large mammals. It is my opinion that (a) no all consciousnesses are equal, and (b) consciousness alone doesn't morally preclude one from killing. However, defining what makes it acceptable to kill one species and not another is something that I'm not sure I could do. I'm not sure logic even really applies here.