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