[Robert DeLong]

To a degree, but they too were the Lord's creation. Everything we see is in some form or another the work of the Lord. Even those things created by man, is in fact the creation of the Lord. For without the creation of man, man's creations would have never been created. 🙂👍

Even creatures other than man have created their lifestyles, as primitive as they may be. So they are self-aware that their survival depends upon the skills they have to develop. They even are aware of of their similar beings that they grew up with, be it another cat or a dog. It will mourn its loss, but it soon forgets and continues on. It that mate, for lack of a better word, is reintroduced it will be recognized, when they have the opportunity to smell it, provided it hasn't taken on some other scent. 🤣 When one of our dogs, we used to have, went to the groomers it would take some getting to know you time to realize who this dog was. 🤣

One thing they will never question though is how they got here in the first place. 🙂👍

[RoosterRedux]

Agreed. As my cats keep telling me, animals didn't fall in the Garden of Eden. Man did that.

Cats may make a mess in and around the litter box, but they didn't bring hell on Earth the way man did.

For all we know, animals may be in a constant prayerful conversation with God. The Bible doesn't provide that information.