Mexican Animal Farm

What if my characters are animals? A kind of animal that loves eating something that becomes forbidden by law—mushrooms, for example. Or a society made up of different animals, like Animal Farm, but with dark humor and a happy ending.

It could be a farm...

The problem is George Orwell already wrote that. I would have to get as far as possible from Animal Farm. I began reading it again, and it is a flaberggasting tale.

Or maybe not that far from Orwell…
"Mexican Animal Farm"?

All politicians are pigs… Dogs, better. Orwell already chose the pigs (hogs, boars) as politicians.
Bad guys, outlaws are wolves or foxes.

Or maybe "American Animal Farm" (about the Bush administration), which would appeal a lot more to the American mind.

This changes everything, it is a completely different book. Or maybe not.