Do Animals Have Souls? Is it called Instinct?

 The following quotes I took from Bible Study Tools author Clarence L. Haynes, Jr. on the subject:  Do Animals Have Souls?.

 "If you are or have ever been a pet owner, you know the joy that comes over your pet when you come home and they haven’t seen you all day. You also know that look on their face when they have done something they know they should not have. These are intentional emotions which flow out of the soul. If you have seen an animal hunt for food, protect their young ones in the wild, even mourn loss – these are all emotions that come out of the soul. I would argue that these are clear evidence that animals have souls."

"When God created the animals on the earth, the sky, and the sea, he spoke them into existence. He said let there be and there was. However, notice the difference when he made man."

"“Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7).  Hopefully you see the difference. Animals were formed by the word of God, and when he spoke they were able to exist and operate in their full capacity."

 

I agree that it is possible for animals to have souls if our belief is that the soul is our intellect, feelings, emotions, basically 'who we are',  then yes, (in animals it is called instinct) because animals do exhibit joy when they see us when we return and a downing of the head when they know we are upset with them for doing something wrong. I don't believe they will go to heaven because I don't believe they have a spirit and it is the spirit that returns to God upon the body's death and at the resurrection connects to the soul and becomes the immortal person to live for eternity.  So the soul must be basically changed when the spirit reconnects to arrive in heaven or the New Heaven and Earth for eternity; whereas the souls of evil ones will also burn in hell for eternity (whether they receive a spirit, I don't know but probably not.)

When cats have kittens or dogs have puppies or cows/horses give birth they instinctively know what to do and usually have no trouble bringing them forth; look at the wild animals who don't have doctors and nurses and buildings and God did instill all things to instinctively do what they are made to do by his word - even the plant life. insect life, all life.  The phrase- Praise God All Creatures Here Below to me means they will understand what that means. Listen to the Voice of God.  The donkey spoke to the prophet in the Bible and the Dragon spoke to Eve in the Garden, the evil spirits spoke to Jesus  and asked to be sent into the herd of swine. Those are examples of what God can do and has done. 

 The Bible speaks about the Lion  laying down with the lamb, and the child will be able to play by the asp's hole and not be harmed, so animals may be in heaven or on the New Earth or both with people and no harm will befall either of them. We are also going to know our relatives, family members who may be there if they are judged righteous (or if we are), and there are two judgment episodes, one for righteous believers and one for those who denied Christ. The book that will be opened to see who's name was written down on the page and if it is still there or has it been erased?