Does a fawn suffering in a forest fire show that there is gratuitous evil in the world

Gratuitous evil is evil that cannot be explained by any theodicy, the "fawn in the fire" case is supposed to be such a case. The fawn's suffering cannot be explained by the Free Will theodicy as the forest fire was a natural event not one caused by human action. The fawn's suffering cannot be explained by the Irenaean "Soul Making" theodicy as the Fawn is an animal so does not have a soul. Equally the Fawn's suffer cannot be explained by The Fall as it was man that fell not animal, so it would be unfair to punish the fawn for man's crime. So the Fawn in the Fire cannot be explained by the Free Will or Irenaean theodicies or by the fall of Adam. On the other hand, maybe the Fawn in the Fire shows us that Religious Believers should believe that Animals have souls, if they want to avoid the problem of evil.