Amy Soranno

Amy Soranno (born ) is a Canadian animal rights activist in British Columbia.

Activism Soranno has been part of an animal rights movement called "Meat The Victims", which originated in Australia. The group obtained video of the animals and refused to leave until members of the media were allowed inside the facility.

Soranno has also been an organizer for "Okanagan Animal Save", part of the global Animal Save Movement, in which she coordinated protests and vigils for animals at various farms, abattoirs and events.

Soranno is affiliated with the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) as she claims to have participated in at least two DxE protests. During the summer of 2019, she, along with other DxE protesters, entered a Maple Leaf Foods Slaughterhouse in Toronto, Canada. Once inside, they had their arms affixed to a bin filled with cement.

At the Interior Savings Credit Union headquarters in downtown Kelowna, BC, on November 18, 2019, Soranno, along with others, chained herself to the doors. Her group was protesting the ISC's sponsorship of Ribfest, which they claimed promoted cruelty to animals. On February 27, 2020, she gave a presentation to a Critical Animal Studies class at the University of British Columbia. She spoke at the Animal Liberation Conference in San Francisco in 2019 and 2021.

On October 2, 2021, Soranno spoke at the Canadian Animal Law Conference in Ontario. Very early the next day Soranno was apprehended by the Waterloo Regional police. During the time she was held in jail a large “Meat the Victims” demonstration took place at the “Hybrid Turkey/Hendrix Genetics” farm nearby. Soranno appeared in court, along with three other activists (known collectively as the Excelsior 4), on November 2, 2020, and pled not-guilty. Soranno stated, “We will use our trial as an opportunity to further expose the rampant violence and suffering in animal agriculture, and the complicity of our justice and enforcement systems”. Along with two of the original co-defendants, Roy Sasano and Nick Schafer, a Supreme Court jury trial began on June 27, 2022. On July 9, 2022, a jury found Soranno, and one co-defendant, Nick Schafer, guilty of two indictable offences. Soranno expressed that she and her co-defendants " were not given a fair trial" Soranno's legal counsel, Leo Salloum said “without the ability to enter video evidence of animal abuse, the legs were cut out from under several of the defences we had been planning to raise”. It was also revealed that "key evidence of criminal animal cruelty contained on cards from cameras found on-site allegedly went missing during the investigation." Following the guilty verdict, protests erupted in various countries; including Ireland, Austria, Czech Republic and Uruguay. The trial has garnered international interviews and the support of Canada's Animal Protection Party. During the sentencing hearing the judge prevented Soranno, but not Schafer, from giving her statement. According to Soranno's lawyer, Leo Salloum, the case is potentially precedent setting. Soranno then briefly explained that she was “sick" and suffers from a heart condition, nerve disorder, connective tissue disease, and significant allergy responses.