jQuery SVG 1.4.5 (jQuery 1.7) animating a simple rectangle as found on the jQuery SVG site.

jquery-svg-animate-rectangle.html

<svg class="svg" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>

<script>
    $(".svg").svg();
    var svg = $(".svg").svg('get');
    
    var myrect = svg.rect(25, 25, 150, '25%', 10, 10, 
        {fill: 'none', stroke: 'blue', strokeWidth: 3, 
        transform: 'rotate(0, 100, 75)'}); 
        
    $(myrect).animate({svgWidth: 200, svgHeight: '30%', 
        svgStroke: 'aqua', svgStrokeWidth: '+=7', 
        svgTransform: 'rotate(60, 100, 75)'}, 2000);
</script>

Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/brainwipe/RD5Xq/