MERCY FOR ANIMALS

From March through June 2026, Mercy For Animals pursued a sweeping, multi-front strategy that yielded concrete policy and corporate wins alongside sustained grassroots mobilization. The period opened with a landmark commitment from Ahold Delhaize — covering 2,000+ stores — to ban cages in its egg supply chain, and closed with a major legislative victory: the EATS/Save Our Bacon Act was excluded from the U.S. Senate's initial Farm Bill draft following a sustained constituent call-in campaign. In between, MFA ran simultaneous corporate accountability campaigns targeting Kroger, Compass Group USA, Unilever, Sobeys, Marriott International, and Patina Group across cities from Chicago to Mumbai. Portland, Oregon's 7–5 City Council vote to ban foie gras, the fifth edition of the Canada Animal Welfare Scorecard ranking 46 companies, and the New York octopus farming bill clearing committee rounded out a period of unusually high legislative and policy momentum.