HKTVmall parent firm under fire for testing how long animal heads can survive
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“HKTVmall parent firm under fire for testing how long detached animal heads can survive”
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“Hong Kong Technology Venture Company slammed in open letter from PETA, but refutes media claims of pet animals involved”
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Wikipedia entries for Ketan Kadam, Lipton, and Prada are unrelated to the claim about PETA, HKTVmall, or animal experiments. No relevant evidence found.
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— Ketan Kadam is an Indian entrepreneur and restaurateur. He is the chairman and managing director of Impresa Hospitality Management Pvt. Ltd and has owned and co-owned a number of successful businesses…
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— Lipton is a British brand owned by Lipton Teas and Infusions. It derives from its founder, Sir Thomas Lipton, who started a grocery retail business in the United Kingdom in 1871. The brand was used fo…
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— Prada S.p.A. ( PRAH-də, Italian: [ˈpraːda]) is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1913 in Milan by Mario Prada. Prada licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear and L’Oréal for f…
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“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'”
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“The animals involved in the studies are pigs and sheep, species that are commonly used in scientific research on organ transplantation”
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“We noted that there are media reports with the insertion of pictures of experiments with cats, dogs and rabbits, and these are misrepresentations that are not related to the subject life science project”
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“The project had run for four years, adding that the experiments were conducted outside Hong Kong. It stopped short of revealing the exact location”
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