Animals in Heaven?

I read a devotional yesterday about the question, "Will there be animals in heaven?" What do you think. If your pet is like a child to you and means as much as a human or more, do you think that God honors that relationship enough to continue for eternity? Possibly. Read Isaiah 11:6-9 below and see if this sheds any light on the question.

" Then wolves will live in peace with lambs, and leopards will lie down to rest with goats. Calves, lions, and young bulls will eat together, and a little child will lead them. Cows and bears will eat together in peace. Their young will lie down to rest together. Lions will eat hay as oxen do. A baby will be able to play near a cobra's hole, and a child will be able to put his hand into the nest of a poisonous snake. They will not hurt or destroy each other on all my holy mountain, because the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the sea is full of water."

I guess it's one person's interpretation but I tend to think so too.

This little hanging ATC started as a playing card on which I adhered a copy of a vintage image, fancy cut text strips, vellum words, jute cording and sheer ribbon.