2025 Holiday Schedule
New Year's Day
- Wednesday, 1/1/2025
- Order placement as normal beginning Monday, 1/6/2025 for delivery the following week
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
- Monday, 1/20/2025
- Order placement as normal, beginning Tuesday 1/21/2025
- Shipments from Charles River, Envigo, Jackson Laboratories and Taconic may be delayed
Memorial Day
- Monday, 5/26/2025
- Order placement as normal, beginning Tuesday, 5/27/2025
- Shipments from Charles River, Envigo, Jackson Laboratories and Taconic will be delayed by one day
Juneteenth
- Thursday, 6/19/2025
- Order placement as normal on Monday, 6/16/2025, and Tuesday, 6/17/25 for delivery the following week
Independence Day
- Friday, 7/4/2025
- Order placement as normal on Monday and Tuesday, 6/30/2025 and 7/1/2025
- All shipments from the previous week will be delivered on Monday and Tuesday, 6/30/2025 and 7/1/2025
Labor Day
- Monday, 9/1/2025
- Order placement as normal, beginning Tuesday, 9/2/2025
- Shipments from the previous week, from Charles River, Envigo, Taconic, and Jackson Labs will arrive on Tuesday, 9/2/2025
Thanksgiving
- Thursday and Friday, 11/27/2025 – 11/28/2025
- Order placement Monday and Tuesday, 11/24/2025 and 11/25/2025 for delivery the following week
Christmas Eve and Christmas
- Observed Wednesday and Thursday, 12/24/2025 – 12/25/2025
- WINTER RECESS: Friday through Friday, 12/26 through Tuesday 12/30/2025
- No receipt of animals 12/22/2025 – 1/2/2026
- Please order any animals needed for use in this week to be delivered on, 12/15/2025 – 12/16/2025
- Order placement as normal beginning Tuesday, 1/5/2026
New Year's Eve
- Observed by Emory, Wednesday, 12/31/2025
- No receipt of animals 12/22/2025 – 1/2/2026
- Order placement as normal beginning Monday, 1/5/2026 for delivery the following week
New Year's Day
- Observed by Emory on Thursday, 1/1/2026
- Order placement as normal beginning Monday, 1/5/2026 for delivery the following week
Inclement Weather
- Inclement Weather: Animals are not shipped by air during severe weather. Ground shipments are also subject to delay
- This particularly applies to animals from the Jackson Labs, Envigo, Taconic, and Charles River Labs not coming from the Raleigh, NC facility
- If extreme (hot or cold) weather is forecasted, please take note of the possibility for delayed shipments
*PLEASE NOTE: THE FINAL SHIPMENT OF ANIMALS FOR 2025 WILL BE THE WEEK OF 12/15/2025 – 12/16/2025. DEADLINE FOR THESE ORDERS WILL BE TUESDAY, 12/9/2025 BY 4:00 PM*
Published: 01.06.2025