Animals are God's creation as is man. Below is quoted in part from the Book of Genesis without references [1]:
Evening came, and morning followed—the fourth day.
Then God said: Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky.
God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of crawling living creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged birds. God saw that it was good,
and God blessed them, saying: Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth.
Evening came, and morning followed—the fifth day.
Then God said: Let the earth bring forth every kind of living creature: tame animals, crawling things, and every kind of wild animal. And so it happened:
God made every kind of wild animal, every kind of tame animal, and every kind of thing that crawls on the ground. God saw that it was good.
Animals are at the mercy of man--the most greedy and sinful of all creatures.
There are many animal rescue channels on YouTube that show them being mistreated, ignored and abandoned, especially dogs and cats. Some channels show videos that appear to be staged for monetization; others are real rescues that are not for profit that features caring people with compassionate souls. [2]
[1] http://usccb.org/bible/genesis/1, 19-25
[2] With much hesitation, included is a link to one of the most graphic wounds (difficult to look at) suffered by a dog and his dramatic (miraculous might be more accurate) recovery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcfUdNfb808
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