Meaningful Milestones: Our Impact Timeline

The state of Nagaland announced a ban on swill feeding — the practice of feeding pigs food waste — marking another important policy win for farmed animals in India. The decision reflects growing recognition among state governments of the risks swill feeding poses to animal health, food safety, and disease control. Mercy For Animals continues to support policy efforts that end the worst farming practices across the country.

Following years of engagement and accountability efforts by Mercy For Animals, Dairy Queen has successfully fulfilled its cage-free egg commitment across the U.S. and Canada—ahead of its original deadline.

The commitment required all suppliers of shell eggs, liquid eggs, and proprietary ingredients to transition to cage-free systems. As a result of this progress, 100% of eggs used in Dairy Queen’s U.S. and Canadian operations are now cage-free, or the ingredients have been reformulated to remove eggs altogether.

Beyond North America, Dairy Queen reports that 99% of egg use across its international operations is cage-free. The company is currently working with a remaining supplier in one region to transition a proprietary sauce ingredient to cage-free eggs, which will complete the commitment globally.

Our team kept the pressure on Dairy Queen by featuring them multiple times in our Canada Animal Welfare Scorecard.