Humans do have authority over creation–but it is a delegated authority to care for animals as God would and not to destroy them. All life still belongs to the Creator of life, as it did the in the beginning.

Richard A. Young
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The earth was created for us, but our dominion over the earth is not absolute. As stewards of the earth, we are to care for it and protect it, but we are not to destroy it.

Source: Is God A Vegetarian?: Christianity, Vegetarianism, And Animal Rights

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