Islamic Facts: Prophet Muhammad & Animal Rights

What does Islam have to say on the subject of animal rights? Is there something we can learn by how Muhammad treated animals? It is believed the Hadith teaches "A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is as bad as an act of cruelty to a human being." So let us look to Prophet Muhammed for understanding.

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