Why should animals be treated with respect?

Human beings and animals always had an important relationship. Animals were created to provide us with food and guide us when we had problems. In that story the animals help the man find the food and he has to share it with them in return. They also helped him find his way in the forest. Animals and humans combined together have a great power and they were able to achieve great things. God gave us …

…anything for their master. In the story of the mischief maker, if Irraweka had trusted the man instead of removing the basket he had placed nothing would have ever happened but he thought that the man was keeping all the good fruits but he was wrong and they all suffered from severe punishments. This tells us that if humans and animals don't get along, we will all end up suffering in a way or another.