Here`s an excerpt from  a channeling. It is rather long, hopefully
nobody minds.

Excerpt from: Live Kryon Channelling
"CURRENT EVENTS" Washington DC, April 10, 2005
As channelled by Lee Carroll for Kryon
To be found at:
http://www.kryon.com/k_chanelDC05.html

<<<... Animals and Reincarnation

On a lighter note, we interrupt the life and death discussion of Humans
to talk about animals. There are the questions not asked, but laying
there, of which you are more than curious. "Dear Kryon," it has been
asked, "do animals reincarnate?"...

Again, the Human Being looks at animals as one word that covers
trillions of entities on the planet. You believe that all of them
either do or don't reincarnate, and you want one answer for them all.
What if I was from another planet and communicated to you this
question: "What color are animals? I want one answer, please." You'd
laugh, and wonder what kind of singular consciousness I might have in
my reality to ask such a thing.

So I say to you regarding your reincarnation question: Which ones? "You
mean there's a difference, Kryon?" Oh, yes! We've already gone over the
purpose of animals on the planet. We've told you many things about
animals. We've told you that some of them are actually designed to be
eaten, and they come for this very purpose. We've indicated to you
what's wrong with the way you're treating them, and that you don't
honor them in their death, or even as you extract their resources while
they're alive. And that, my dear friends, is the reason there's disease
in the meat. When you start honoring these animals in their death so
that they can create the food that's needed for you, then you'll see
the disease disappear.

This is a factor that has yet to be named in your language or your
culture - the idea that there's an energy that the Human creates even
in the appropriate slaughter of animals for food, the results of which
change these animals and the health of the Human who consumes them. Why
is it that the indigenous knew about it and you don't? It's an energy
that addresses the consciousness of Gaia and the animal kingdom. It
addresses the way animals are honored in death.

Animals don't all reincarnate, but some do - if it's appropriate for
the Humans around them. Most of the animals on the planet don't
reincarnate, but there are a select group and individuals who do, and
even a "rule of thumb" that you can apply to those who do and those who
don't. When I tell you about the ones who do, you're going to
understand a little bit more about the process of who you are. Blessed
is the Human Being who walks this planet in lesson: Everything revolves
around you! It may not look like it, but it does. Gaia knows who you
are when you walk on the dirt! You have a light that you can strike
[create] and carry with you that will change the very elements around
you. Matter will respond to what you do because you are the angels
disguised as Human Beings.

Some of you have selected various animals on earth to be your partners
or friends, and you call them pets. Even some of the ones to be
slaughtered, if they have a Human who loves them, are pets... if only
for a while. These are the ones who reincarnate.

"Why should such a thing be, Kryon? How does that work? Do they have
souls? What's the 'rule' you speak of?" In a way, they do have souls,
but not as your souls are structured - not with the lessons your souls
carry, or the multiple aspects you have. They're not angels, but
they're support entities to those who are [Humans]. When they
reincarnate the reason is in honor of the Human Being, you see?
Animals, in general, don't last that long on the planet. You might have
this beautiful partner, this love essence that you have with an animal
pet-friend. Then that animal-friend disappears in death, for again,
they don't live that long. The rule of incarnations is, therefore, "If
the Human needs it, it happens." So there is a scenario created within
the system that helps Humans temper the loss of this love, and we'll
give it to you.

When your precious animal-friend dies, go look for another one right
away. Don't wait. Don't wait! I'll tell you why. Immediately go looking
in places where animal babies are. Make no presuppositions about the
kind of animal or the gender. Don't necessarily try to match the one
you lost. Instead, go to the places where you intuitively believe the
young animals are, and look into their eyes. One of them will be the
one... because it - and the Universe - knows intuitively where you're
going to look!

This is the system that honors you. Many know this and have said, "I
know this is so because when I found this other animal to be my partner
and my pet, it started doing the same things that my former animal did
- it even responded the same way to me." It's a beautiful system in
honor of you. It's an acknowledgment of a broken heart, you see? So you
can pick up where you left off.

Some may now ask, "What size animal are we talking about, Kryon? Is
there a limit?" We say, there you go again [Kryon smile]. What size do
you want? An elephant or a mouse? It doesn't make a difference. If
they're loved by you and part of your karmic energy, they'll
reincarnate. However, it might be prudent of you to intuitively look
for the size of animal that meets your living needs. God doesn't give
you an elephant when your mouse dies [laughter].....>>>

Again, if too long please anybody tell me how to include  a clickable
link to a self created document, not a website.
The link to the original website I provided, but decided to put the
excerpt regarding animals here.

And - nothing to be sneered at - I am a scientifically thinking person
and a sceptic, but found the informations in these channelings
absolutely convincing and after having worked with many religious and
spiritual systems I found in those Kryon channelings the best
explanations for the physical and spiritual world. And, no, I don`t
want to discuss those things as here is not the right place. I just
wanted to share this information with Grawun.

Ahhh, thank you.  I just couldn't remember his name.  :)  It always makes
me cry.  There will be a lot of critters there waiting for me!

Eva

Apparently he stole it, though. Wallace Sife claims authorship of the
original version, published in the "early 1970s for the California Dog's
Club newsletter," according to Sife's book "The Loss of a Pet." "It has
since appeared as many forms, ascribed to an anonymous author."

The original is written much better. I will not copy it here because it is
copyrighted.