My personal belief is no, but that doesn't mean animals and pets aren't very special and loved. All animals are well designed and serve important roles, but I think mankind is extra special. He gave us freewill, not just acting on instinct and we're not just robots or puppets. We also have an extra burden of responsibility. We haven't seen zebras or donkeys making airplanes and spaceships and internet, but only mankind. God made is very different than all other animals and the soul and freewill is one of the key distinctions, in my opinion. But this opinion isn't based much on scripture because I'm not aware of any scripture referencing this topic. I did an advanced search for such a topic and found some discussing ot, but not sure if this is helpful. God bless. Link
My personal belief is no, but that doesn't mean animals and pets aren't very special and loved. All animals are well designed and serve important roles, but I think mankind is extra special. He gave us freewill, not just acting on instinct and we're not just robots or puppets. We also have an extra burden of responsibility. We haven't seen zebras or donkeys making airplanes and spaceships and internet, but only mankind. God made is very different than all other animals and the soul and freewill is one of the key distinctions, in my opinion. But this opinion isn't based much on scripture because I'm not aware of any scripture referencing this topic. I did an advanced search for such a topic and found some discussing ot, but not sure if this is helpful. God bless. Link
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