How can animal rights be consistent with religion if…

Someone asked:

Doesn’t the bible inform us that animals are provided by its god for the use of man, and the koran & jewish scriptures ordain how (and which) animals must be slaughtered for human consumption? Skirting past the acts of wanton cruelty and disregard of the rights of animals, it appears to me that the christian bible in part advocates animal welfare, but certainly not an abolitionist approach – how could this not promote speciesism?

I responded:

Read: A Facebook Exchange About Religion and Animals

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-facebook-exchange-religion-animals/#.U8RpR0D_naE