• Question: Will your work help endangered animals??

    Asked by fangirl3232 to Pete, Rebecca, SallyB, Sally, Sian on 15 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sally Barber

      Sally Barber answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      I’ve never thought about this before but It could do. One of the aims of my work is to show people the health advantages of being physically active in their day to day lives and encourage them to do be more physically active. This might be walking or cycling rather than driving. If whole communities were more active this would would reduce carbon emissons, reducing the effects of climate change and help to protect some endangered animals.

    • Photo: Sian Lawson

      Sian Lawson answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      I helped one very endangered polar bear. She was caught twice causing trouble in a town. The first time she was sedated, tattooed as a dangerous polar bear and put back in the wild far from people. The second time they were going to put her down but a local car company paid to have her flown to any zoo that would take her. Edinburgh offered her a home, but they struggled to keep her fit and happy -polar bears are very hard to keep. This polar bear has now got a fantastic and far more suitable environment and I’m writing a paper on how to keep polar bears fit and healthy if they can’t be returned to the wild.

    • Photo: Peter Styring

      Peter Styring answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      I don’t do any work with animals so I doubt it!

    • Photo: Sally Fenton

      Sally Fenton answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      I’m afraid not. The research I am doing is looking at ways we can use participation in youth sport to keep young people fit and healthy as they get older!

    • Photo: Rebecca Randell

      Rebecca Randell answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Unfortunately my work will not help endangered animals. All my research at the moment is based on testing humans. Its lovely to hear that you are interested in endangered animals!!

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