All I think we can say, speaking From within the biblical tradition, is that we are called to care for the whole of creation including the animals in it, not because they are sentient, or because they possess any other particular property, but simply because they are God's creatures. (firstthings.com)
Bracken indicates how the field - approach to Whiteheadian societies allows for a trinitarian understanding of God in which the three divine persons of traditional Christian doctrine, by their dynamic interrelatedness from moment to moment, constitute a structured field of activity for the whole of creation. (religion-online.org)
She notes that nature itself was caught up in grief at the death of Christ; so, too, according to Paul, the whole of creation is filled with longing and in travail awaiting the completion of redemption. (religion-online.org)