Are you testing your research on animals?

Question: Are you testing your research on animals?

Asked by fangirl3232 to Pete, Rebecca, SallyB, Sally, Sian on 15 Jun 2010 in Categories: Your Research. This question was also asked by melinda, sooz3.
- Rebecca Randell answered on 14 Jun 2010:
  
  I’m not testing on animals. At the moment I am researching green tea and how it can increase fat burning during exercise. Some scientists have done this on mice and rats and have found that green tea can increase fat burning. I haven’t seen many humans with flurry skin and long tails- we are so different to mice, just because it works on them will it work in humans? That is what I am trying to find out
- Sally Barber answered on 14 Jun 2010:
  
  No, none of my work uses animals, and I have never tested on animals in the past. Sometimes I read about experiments that have used animals to test on, mainly mice and rats. Sometimes I agree with testing animals and sometimes I don’t.
- Sian Lawson answered on 14 Jun 2010:
  
  We do film animals, literally filming with a camera, but this is researching the animals themselves to improve their welfare and not testing my (human) research on animals. We work a bit with horses, looking at the causes of tendon injuries, and we’ve filmed farm animals and even a captive polar bear to see if they’re getting enough exercise. Sometimes I stick reflective markers to the animals to make it easier to see what they’re doing, but never the polar bears!
- Peter Styring answered on 14 Jun 2010:
  
  Only humans! We use alpine skiers to test our new skis and they ARE animals!
- Sally Fenton answered on 15 Jun 2010:
  
  No. The research I do is looking at human exercise and physical activity behaviours so no animals are involved.

Question: Are you testing your research on animals?

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