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Old 09-05-2017, 07:19 AM  
cypher
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Default Re: The ethicality of scientific research with hamsters as subjects

Sorry I haven't read through all the posts either but I think by assuming that you can judge anything but putting a large number of hamsters in exactly the same conditions is erroneous as we all know how different individual hamsters are so providing one set of toys etc in one cage size may be perfect for some hams while being either boring or stressful for others so can't really create a baseline for your research.
The other thing I wonder about is how you intend to measure stress in hamsters in a scientific way rather than a subjective way that won't in itself cause stress & invalidate any results?

I'm all for research & finding ways to educate people on hamsters needs but I can't see how this kind of experiment would prove anything scientifically or really have any benefit.
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