Only humans possess a soul?

Most religions hold that only humans possess a soul and consequently, consider all other life forms to be of a lower or inferior nature. As such, many religious folks may not think twice before killing an animal for sport in the name of hunting or fishing. Often, we see on the cover of specialty magazines the hunter and the hunted, with the former proudly displaying their sizeable kill and flashing a genuine smile for the camera. Likewise, thanks to taxidermy, many hunters proudly display in their living rooms the stuffed heads or bodies of their various kills. These same individuals are often adamantly against abortion for religious reasons—their rationalization, not surprisingly, being that animals do not have a soul, but humans (and thus, human fetuses) do.