Do Pets go to Heaven???

I remember asking myself this question over and over again, "Do pets(animals generally) go to heaven or hell?". A friend recently lost her pet of many years, and was still very much in the midst of the grief that comes with such a loss. At one meeting, she decided to ask at a theology class and the  question flowed naturally out of her grief. She simply asked, “Do pets go to heaven?” read more....

 The discussion progressed for a time, but the general consensus was that pets are not, in fact, privy to an afterlife. After all, animals and humans are distinguished by a critical difference: humans have souls; animals do not. Without a soul, death is the end.

I put here a general question for all readers/lovers of TJLarins blog "Do Pet/Animals Go to Heaven? Please feel free to share your opinion.