What it all comes down to is that "species" is a modern term that suggests specialization. Kind is a broader type that has a range of manifestations. Honestly speaking; dogs, wolfs, foxes, wild dogs are likely all related in kind. That kind possessed a potential range that GOD foreordained. Kinds have a potential of change within limitations.
As a Christian, I do imagine that GOD created specific kinds. These kinds began to vary. The FLOOD happened. A select sampling of the kinds was chosen by GOD to be saved on the ark. After the FLOOD, these kinds began to express their variations once again, so that over 6 thousand years or so, we have multiple examples of frogs, cats, dogs, cattle, sheep, elephants, beetles, flies, etc... I have no problem accepting this line of reasoning in light of the Biblical Epic.