Look at all the controversy caused by the AR’s over circus
elephants. Ringling Brothers treats its elephants better than most people treat their house pets, yet we constantly hear about circus abuse. I know a number of AR’s, and I constantly see them misinterpret animal behavior because they ascribe human behavior to animals known as to “anthromorphize” animals.

I listened to an friend, who leans AR, tell a story about
walking his dog on a remote trail. His dog suddenly stopped in front of a rattlesnake, which was coiled on the trail and rattling, while facing the dog. The man collected his dog and took a different route to go around the snake but his comment about the event was this: “wasn’t it considerate of the snake to
warn us not to come closer?” Imagine that – a considerate rattlesnake! This type of misinterpreting animal behavior is common among AR’s.

We’ve often heard about stolen dogs from people’s yards and we suspect AR rescuers. I’ve even heard a story from one of them about a failed attempt of stealing a dog in order to find it a “better” home!

I feel many of my outright AR “friends” don’t have both oars
in the water even though some of them are intelligent people.