User blog comment:NotAnEditor/Controversy/@comment-1583394-20091213001852

Well, in my opinion, animals do not haveT souls, since God said, according to the Bible:''Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." (Genesis 1:26, NIV)

Other reasons to support this are the Ten Commandments, God does not say to kill animals, but has forbidden killing humans. As well as after the flood or the Noah's Ark story, according to the Bible, it says:"Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything." (Genesis 9:3, NIV). So, theoretically, animals do not have souls.