Rasa - Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Ali Alavi-Gorgani said on Saturday Islam is the religion of kindness and love, does not differentiate between the creatures in basic rights, and thus the animals enjoy certain rights.

RNA - Citing verses and prophetic narrations, Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi stated that neglect and ignorance are the roots of all moral corruption. He added that neglect makes people worse than animals, and due to their actions, they will go to hell.