Perdue's Petaluma Poultry

Sonoma County, California

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Ask Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez to finally prosecute Petaluma Poultry for years of criminal animal cruelty. Plus, urge Trader Joe's to cut ties with Petaluma Poultry.

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For years, investigators with Direct Action Everywhere have been exposing criminal animal cruelty and rampant disease at factory farms in Sonoma County operated by Petaluma Poultry, a subsidiary of poultry giant Perdue Foods. Instead of prosecuting these companies, the Sonoma County District Attorney has gone after the whistleblowers and animal rescuers. On November 30, 2023, DxE investigator Zoe Rosenberg was arrested on multiple felony warrants and later charged with five felonies for the rescue of four sick chickens from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in June 2023.

Zoe was forced to wear a GPS ankle monitor and follow other strict pretrial release conditions for 20 months while awaiting trial. After a back-and-forth where certain charges were dismissed, filed, and dismissed again, Zoe went on trial September-October 2025 facing one felony conspiracy charge and three misdemeanors, including two types of trespass and tampering with a vehicle.

On Oct. 29th, Zoe was convicted of all four charges. She faces a potential sentence of nearly 5 years in jail. Meanwhile, Petaluma Poultry faces no consequences for leaving sick animals to die or scalding animals alive.

Zoe was represented by Chris Carraway, Staff Attorney at the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project, and attorney Kevin Little. She will appeal her conviction, including several of the court’s rulings, such as its refusal to allow her to present a necessity defense and severe restrictions on what animal cruelty evidence the jury was allowed to see. Her sentencing hearing is set for Dec. 3, 2025. Please join us at the hearing to support Zoe and the Right to Rescue.

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