HKTVmall Parent Company Faces Backlash Over Animal Head Viability Testing
The parent company of Hong Kong online retailer HKTVmall is facing backlash and defending its life science project, which involves testing the viability of detached animal heads and limbs, amid ethics concerns.
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HKTVmall parent firm under fire for testing how long detached animal heads can survive
The parent company of Hong Kong online retailer HKTVmall has defended its life science project involving testing the viability of detached animal heads and limbs, responding to animal ethics concerns by saying no pet animals were experimented on. Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited revealed the project on Monday in its annual results, and said it believed the research to be a world first that could be applied to organ transplants and potentially “extending human lifespan”. “The relat...
By Ambrose Li,Danny Mok
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Animal rights activists have denounced the parent company of online retailer HKTVmall for running animal experiments on how long severed heads or limbs can remain alive once detached from their bodies. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said on Wednesday in an open letter to Ricky Wong, vice chair and group CEO of […]
By Hans Tse
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