Editing Digital Angel (section)

==History==
Digital Angel formerly owned a minority position (49%) in [[VeriChip]], but divested itself of the stake in 2008.<ref name=proposal>{{cite news|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100928006727/en/Digital-Angel-Rejects-Inadequate-Acquisition-Proposal|title= Digital Angel Rejects Inadequate Acquisition Proposal |publisher=[[BusinessWire]]|date=2010-09-28}}</ref> VeriChip Corporation and Steel Vault Corporate later merged to form [[PositiveID]], and in 2010 PositiveID attempted a friendly acquisition of Digital Angel,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/that-human-cow-microchip-implant-merger-is-not-going-smoothly/|title=That Human-Cow Microchip Implant Merger Is Not Going Smoothly|work=[[CBS News]]|date=2010-09-29}}</ref> but the bid was unanimously rejected by its board of directors.<ref name=proposal/>

The animal identification products subsidiary Destron Fearing was sold to Allflex USA, in July, 2011, for $25 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://secureidnews.com/news-item/allflex-usa-acquires-destron-fearing-for-25-million/|title=Allflex USA acquires Destron Fearing for $25 Million|publisher=SecureIDNews|date=2011-05-10}}</ref>