2024 Holiday Schedule



New Year's Day

  • Monday, 1/1/2024
  • Order placement as normal beginning Tuesday, 1/2/2024 for delivery the following week

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday

  • Monday, 1/15/2024
  • Order placement as normal, beginning Tuesday 1/16/2024
  • Shipments from Charles River, Envigo, Jackson Laboratories and Taconic may be delayed

Memorial Day

  • Monday, 5/27/2024
  • Order placement as normal, beginning Tuesday, 5/28/2024
  • Shipments from Charles River, Envigo, Jackson Laboratories and Taconic will be delayed by one day

Juneteenth

  • Wednesday, 6/19/2024
  • Order placement as normal on Monday, 6/17/2024, and Tuesday, 6/18/2024 for delivery the following week

Independence Day

  • Thursday, 7/4/2024
  • Order placement as normal on Monday and Tuesday, 7/1/2024 and 7/2/2024
  • All shipments from the previous week will be delivered on Monday and Tuesday, 7/1/2024 and 7/2/2024

Labor Day

  • Monday, 9/2/2024
  • Order placement as normal, beginning Tuesday, 9/3/2024
  • Shipments from the previous week, from Charles River, Envigo, Taconic, and Jackson Labs will arrive on Tuesday, 9/3/2024

Thanksgiving

  • Thursday and Friday, 11/28/2024 – 11/29/2024
  • Order placement Monday and Tuesday, 11/25/2024 and 11/26/2024 for delivery the following week

Christmas Eve and Christmas

  • Observed Tuesday and Wednesday, 12/24/2024 – 12/25/2024
  • WINTER RECESS, Thursday through Monday, 12/26 through 12/30/2024
  • No receipt of animals 12/23/2024 – 1/3/2025
  • Please order any animals needed for use in this week to be delivered on, 12/16/2024 – 12/18/2024
  • Order placement as normal beginning Tuesday, 1/6/2025

New Year's Eve

  • Observed by Emory, Tuesday, 12/31/2024
  • No receipt of animals 12/23/2024 – 1/3/2025
  • Order placement as normal beginning Tuesday, 1/6/2025 for delivery the following week

New Year's Day

  • Observed by Emory on Wednesday, 1/1/2025
  • Order placement as normal beginning Monday, 1/6/2025 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 2024 WILL BE THE WEEK OF 12/16/2024 – 12/18/2024.  DEADLINE FOR THESE ORDERS WILL BE TUESDAY, 12/10/2024 BY 4:00 PM

Published: 01.04.2024