Medtronic reaches agreement with animal rights group PETA - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

Medtronic reaches agreement with animal rights group PETA - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:: "Fridley-based medical device maker Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) will work to improve its treatment of animals it uses in tests under terms of a deal with Norfolk, Va.-based PETA, a release detailed. The company will also extend protections to animals used in foreign contract laboratories. PETA said in exchange, it withdrew its shareholder resolution calling on Medtronic to stop outsourcing animal experiments to countries with inadequate animal-protection"