This will be a good start; off the top of my head I know I will need at least at least two dozen different kinds of animals. Thinking about, working with morphs would be better, already rigged so .bvh files will work, clothing will fit better, and they should have good lip-synchronization which will look more natural during one of the three musical numbers.

Not to worry about what generation I am going to use (Probably Generation 4) I intended to tweak the resulting .avi from the render in several programs to give it a look like it’s an animated movie from the late 60s or early 70s (The film is set in spring of 1968)