Do you believe in God?

Yes, I do.
Nevertheless I do not believe in an immortal soul, neither in animals nor in humans.

"Soul" is - in my opinion - a concept of thinking about consciousness, responsibility and freedom. Outside the human mind, there is no such thing.

But within the human mind and the concept of "soul", there is such a thing as evidence for the souls of animals as well as humans.

If and in so far the church (or you or me) thinks of the soul as the sum of self consciousness and self awareness and self reflection, there are nearly no animals with a soul.

To cut a very long story very very short, I think of the "soul" as of the part of a being which feels: "God is!"
This part may be well-kept or neglected...