Perdue's Petaluma Poultry

Sonoma County, California

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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, including Petaluma Poultry, a subsidiary of poultry giant Perdue. 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 at her court date, she was charged with five felonies for the rescue of sick chickens from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in June 2023.

Zoe has been forced to wear a GPS ankle monitor and follow other strict pretrial release conditions, including informing the authorities any time she leaves her home county. She also has been barred from possessing chickens, ducks, or other fowl. Clearly, they do not want Zoe rescuing any more suffering animals.

After a back-and-forth where certain charges were dismissed, filed, and dismissed again, Zoe is now facing one felony conspiracy charge and four misdemeanors, including two types of trespass, tampering with a vehicle, and theft. She faces a potential maximum sentence of over 5 years in prison. Zoe's trial is set to start on May 16, 2025 in Santa Rosa, CA. DxE is organizing a convergence of activists around the trial to support Zoe and the right to rescue animals from abuse. Register to attend the trial convergence here.

Meet the Defendant

Zoe Rosenberg

Zoe is a UC Berkeley student, TEDx speaker, factory farm investigator, and animal rescuer. When she was 11 years old, she founded Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary, a nonprofit organization that has now saved over 1,000 neglected or abandoned animals.

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