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OMG!, i'm surrouded by pros here!! (I'm a newbie in the forums), but as an amateur in the art of painting worlds with simple words I've found animals to be much more than just a "literary add", or supporting feature in my stories. In fact, I have a couple or more of them in wich animals (or animal-like creatures) are the main characters.
Nietzsche said, for example, that "dogs hate wolves for their freedom" [some kind of envy], and thence it came to my mind a story about a wolf that lives in total freedom, but who is tricked by a sheepdog to join his flock, so he (the dog) wouldn't have to care about the wolves hunting the sheep. Maybe I was trying to depict the anihilation of instincts for the sake of society (the flock), the benefits that come from there, and the price that must be paid... and the story goes, etc.... he he
...and there were cats somewhere else in another story, and a gigantic beautiful bird with a metaphorical message to save the planet in other, and.... and.... can't remember right now, but the point is the same: anthropomorphism can create sometimes a more-magical world than a human-limited way of seeing things.
[not sure for my english, is not my native language]
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