Hi Jodie. You didn't address the population growth aspect of his question, which is a question I have been asked by a friend of mine. I have not asked my guides for an answer. My guess is that many animals on earth have souls and that as human population grows souls that have been other animals get promoted. I always cite that this is my 17,043rd human life. What I don't say is that I was actually told this is my soul's 17,046th incarnation and that all but 3 have been as human. I've yet to ask what the other 3 were. Animal? Other worlds? Who knows. One day I'll ask. It's been about 10 months since I had a session with Ane as I haven't had the income to spare. I will have that soon and maybe I'll mix in some of these general questions with the personal guidance I require. I expect to have many sessions in the next few months starting in a couple of weeks.