Animals
God commands the animals
And God said, “... to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. -- Genesis 1:29-30 (NKJV)
All animals were made good
Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. -- Genesis 1:31 (NKJV)
Animals souls
Many modern bible translators replaced "soul" with "creature" because they view that animals do not have souls. However, the Revised English Version (REV) retains the word "soul" in the following verses:
And God created the large sea creatures and every living soul that moves, of every kind of creature with which the waters swarmed, and every kind of winged bird...
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth every kind of living soul (every kind of livestock and creeping thing and wild animal of the earth)." And it was so...
And to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the ground in which is living soul, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
-- Genesis 1:21,24,30 (REV)
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Yahweh God had formed out of the ground every animal of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called each living soul, that was its name. -- Genesis 2:19 (REV)
and
God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
"And I, behold, I now establish My covenant with you and with your seed after you, and with every living soul that is with you:
- the birds,
- the livestock, and
- every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark; every animal of the earth.
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I will remember My covenant that is between Me and you and every living soul of all flesh, and the waters will never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the cloud, I will look at it, remembering the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul of all flesh that is on the earth.
-- Genesis 9:10,15-16 (REV)