Mice really like cheese
 They do, but then they like most things and cheese doesn't seem to come at the top of the list. For example, if you are using a humane trap to evict one from your home, try chocolate ... they really go made for that.
Animals do not feel physical and emotional pain like humans
Ask your dog or you cat - or any animal that you know really well. But you do not need to ask: you already know that your favourite animal does feel pain, can be unhappy or frightened, does feel love or fear ... why would you imagine that your animal is any different from any other?
Wolves howl at the moon
Everyone know this is true ... but it isn't. They howl for their own reasons, including part of their mating rituals, and sometimes there is a moon. But there is no evidence that they howl at the moon itself. The dog pictured above isn't howling at Moon River, either ... it's a duet and the dog is singing. But does he know it.
If you believe myths about animals - or people - and perpetuate them, perhaps even act on them, you are doing violence to them. If animals are seen as stereotypes, just furry machines without feelings or intelligence, then it is easier for people to use them without care for their rights or consideration for their wellbeing
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Sheep follow each other
like ... sheep
It is in the nature of sheep, controlled from birth by their human owners, to follow - but the associated idea of stupidity has been challenged by scientific tests showing that they not only recognise each other as individuals but do so even when shown a photograph.
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