This questions was put before Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamji of
Udupi Puthige Matha( a branch of Udupi Krishna Mutha) (of the Madhva
Sampradaya) by devotees during his visit to Detroit.The below fact was extracted from awgp group mail.

Question:
We were thinking that only human beings have thinking ability, and thus only they can do “sadhana” (spiritual practices), but that other animals could not. Is this concept false? How can animals do “sadhana”?
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Answer by Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji:
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This is not true. All animals can also do “sadhana” (spiritual practices).
Otherwise there is a fundamental problem in the universal system. If animals cannot do “sadhana”, they can not get better lives, which lead to the human life. If they can not get a human life, then they can not get moksha(liberation) at all at any time. This is not true, thus it is proven that animals also do “sadhana” and get better lives.

They do “sadhana” by their mental activities. We can see a lot of
differences in the behaviors of various animals. In the same category of, say cat, dog or cow, we can see a lot of difference between two animals. For example some are soft, some are sensitive, some are more active, etc. This is due to their mental “sadhana”. Also in children, who are not having developed thinking power, we can see many differences. We have seen a child,in Bombay, around 2 years old. He loves Krishna like anything. While sleeping, he tightly hugs a Krishna idol. He does not drink milk without offering to Krishna. He always wants to listen to Krishna’s stories. He always wants to see the puja of Krishna. It is really amazing to witness. This is all due to previous “samskara” (purification) .Like this, animals also will have their own previous samskara and “sadhana”.

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