Animals and souls

In what looks like a three-part debate, The Guardian has this week posed the question of whether animals have souls to a Catholic priest (Monday) and a Buddhist (Wednesday). Both say that they don't so perhaps Friday's contributor will give succour to those who hope to see Tibbles or Rover in the afterlife.

(One of the modern pleasures of reading such articles, be they in the 'high-brow' broadsheets or the 'low-brow' tabloids, is reading the comments that follow that mix the balanced with all shades of the insane. Do resist the temptation to address every bit of craziness that you see.)