Do animals have souls?

Each and every animal has a unique, eternally preserved identity and consciousness according to Christian Science.

"God is the Life, or intelligence, which forms and preserves the individuality and identity of animals as well as men." (pg. 550 Science & Health by Mary Baker Eddy).

In a nutshell, our beloved pets- who we've learned respond and reciprocate affection, memory etc. have an eternal spiritual identity. But so do every one of the 56 billion farm animals killed every year for food.

It is worth noting that in 1900 there were 1.5 billion humans on Earth, and today there are 7 billion and growing.

(photo credit: by Mehico https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)