So if animals don't have souls & those of us who believe they do are intrepreting the bible wrong....Then how you would explain this quote from Pope John Paul...

In a public audience on January 19th 1990 Pope John Paul II declared "Also the animals possess a soul, and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren." He went on to say all animals are "fruit of the creative action of the Holy Spirit and merit respect." They are, he asserted, "as near to God as men are."

He pointed out that in Genesis "the way in which man was created suggests a relationship with the spirit or the breath of God. And one reads that after having created man from the dust of the earth, the Lord God 'breathed life into his nostrils and man became a living soul.'" He went on to say that animals have the breath of life and were given it by God. So, in this respect, man, created by the hand of God, is identical with all other living creatures.

this webpage has the full speech:
http://www.skepticfiles.org/krish/anima.htm

Just curious--I don't normally get involved in these types of issues, but I do firmly believe that animals have souls. If my dogs aren't waiting somewhere for me, then send me whereever they went!