Do you use animals in your work?

Question: Do you use animals in your work?

Asked by anon-201665 to Sophia, Meirin, George, Emily, Andy, Sarah on 5 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-201761, anon-201674, anon-201776.
- Sophia Pells answered on 5 Mar 2019:
  
  I don’t myself but there are biologists working in the same area as me that are testing some of the new radioactive atoms for cancer therapy on mice. Before they can be used in humans they have to be tested in test tubes and then in mice.
- George Fulton answered on 6 Mar 2019:
  
  Nope, I don’t think I would be able to work somewhere that tested on animals, although, I understand that it is necessary in some lines of work.
  
  But I do get to see animals at work! Our nuclear fusion reactor is right next to a farm and you can sometimes see sheep in the fields and recently there has been a pair of ducks plodding around site, maybe some chicks in the spring! 🙂
- Emily Lewis answered on 6 Mar 2019:
  
  Fortunately I don’t have to do experiments with animals, though it is needed to make sure treatments are safe for humans. I do see rabbits running around outside my office though!
- Andy Buckley answered on 7 Mar 2019:
  
  Not at all. We have some sheep on the CERN lab site, though, and that implies an official CERN Shepherd: I have never met this person, but I can dream. Apparently the sheep are there, grazing on top of a particle accelerator, to reassure the public that there’s no radiation danger.
- Meirin Oan Evans answered on 7 Mar 2019:
  
  The only animals in my work are the amazing humans that do the science!
- Sarah O'Sullivan answered on 13 Mar 2019:
  
  Nope, although I know some nuclear waste scientists who work with bacteria to make contaminated land cleaner. That’s the closest to animals I get

Question: Do you use animals in your work?

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