Umm it's not even up for debate... How can you such a thing when the bible literally says so? Why are you denying the biblical evidence? Why are you saying "will likely be around"when scripture directly says the wolf will feed with the lamb? I'm just not sure why you say there is no biblical evidence, when the bible literally says word for word there will be animals in heaven. It's not even up for debate... God himself said our pets our going to heaven. So your comment makes no sense at all and it seems like you're not reading the bible because this is exactly what the bible says....
Isaiah 65:25: "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust
shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD."
Isaiah 11:6-9
"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."
Revelation 5:13
"And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
So you were saying...??? It's not even a question or a debate... There are animals in heaven, our pets will be going to heaven, and if you deny that and say there isn't then you are denying the word of God. It says so so plainly and directly in scripture, as I proved to you in these verses.