A Muslim thinks that most animals are noble creatures, therefore he loves them because God loves them and he always adheres to the following ethics and adab.
"Every one that has a wet heart (animal) is a reward (in doing good to Him)" [HR Al-Bukhari: 2363]
"Whoever does not have compassion undoubtedly does not love" [HR Al-Bukhari; 5997, Muslim: 2318]
Do not torture her by any means of torture, or by causing her to starve, beat her, burden her with something she can not afford, torture her or burn it, because the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam has said: "A woman goes to hell because of a cat she is bridging to death, then he went to hell because of the cat, because he did not feed him nor gave him a drink at the time he locked it, nor did he let him eat insects on earth. "[HR Al-Bukhari: 3482]