By the author of My Kung Fu Stroke and My Kung Fu Music
Animal Stories by Guy Le Claire features a fictionalised pod of short stories.
Ilone, the god of animals and vegetables comes to rescue them

In the beginning...
All the Animals lined up in the abattoirs, developed a psychic energy and ability, the older ones noticed how when they channeled a thought their tribes were picking up on it. No one had ever made it back to the farm to tell of the insistent human methods, but, apparently there was a developing apprehension growing in the humans. As the younger upcoming slaughter victims developed these psychic abilities as taught by the elders, One Day the butchers stopped and disappeared.