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Excelsior Hog Farm protest leaders Soranno & Schafer get 30 days each

October 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Activist couple also get year on probation.  Factory farmers get apoplexy. ABBOTSFORD,  British Columbia,  Canada––Convicted by jury on July 12,  2022 on charges of breaking and entering and mischief for their part in exposing alleged animal abuse at the Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford,  British Columbia in April 2019,  husband-and-wife vegan activists Nick Schafer and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Adam Karp, British Colombia SPCA, Calvin Binnendyk, Fritz Verhoeven, Merritt Clifton, Roy Sasano

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