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On Wednesday morning, animal rights activists Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer were sentenced to 30 days in jail, 12 months of probation, and are required to provide their DNA to the National DNA Data Bank. ➡️unicornriot.ninja/2022/animal-ac…
Soranno and Schafer were able to walk free out of the courthouse, however, because B.C. Supreme Court Justice Frits Verhoeven ruled that they won’t be taken into custody until Oct. 21, 2022, when they will enter the Okanagan Corrections Centre.
In response to the sentencing decision, dozens of animal rights activists descended on Excelsior Hog Farm to demonstrate their opposition to the farm itself, and to the criminalization of Soranno and Schafer whose trial stems from a demonstration at the same farm in 2019.
Three of the #Excelsior4 are set to begin their four-week jury trial on June 27, 2022, facing a combined total of 18 indictable charges. Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer each face a maximum of 70 years in prison, and Roy Sasano faces a maximum of 40 years. unicornriot.ninja/2022/three-ani…
Three years ago, 200 animal rights advocates descended on the Excelsior Hog Farm on April 28, 2019 “to expose the reality of what is happening to the victims of the ‘meat’ industry and to challenge the current mindset within our society,” according to the group Meat The Victims.
During the farm action, ~65 of the activists got inside the building where they witnessed deceased pigs in a dumpster, pigs laying on the ground unable to get up because of injuries, and “row upon row of pregnant pigs crammed inside metal crates the size of their own bodies..."
