23/09/2026
One of Mercy For Animals India’s most sustained advocacy efforts has focused on ending the use of gestation and farrowing crates, which severely restrict the movement of mother pigs.
Over the years, advocacy from Mercy For Animals India and partner groups spurred more than 20 states into action.
State Governments including Delhi, Gujarat, Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim, and Assam issued direct restrictions against these cruel confinement systems, while other states and institutions—such as Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Telangana, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, and Punjab— issued recommendations, inspections, warnings, or assurances related to their use.
Each action represented another step toward a future in which pigs are treated with greater compassion.
https://mercyforanimals.in/blog/celebrating-10-years-of-mercy-for-animals-india/