“I know that animals are suffering. They’re suffering on a massive scale, every second of every day, and honestly I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t do something to try to help these animals,” Rosenberg said.<\/p>\n
It happened in June of 2023 at Petaluma Poultry, a division of Perdue Farms. Rosenberg is part of animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere<\/a>. She said they had been investigating Petaluma Poultry and determined animals were in distress and needed to be rescued.<\/p>\n “It was an environment that really no animal should be in,” Rosenberg said.<\/p>\n MORE: Advocates trying to save Lake Tahoe bear set to be euthanized after series of break-ins with cub<\/a><\/p>\n The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office has charged Rosenberg with one count of felony conspiracy and three misdemeanors.<\/p>\n On Friday, Rosenberg took the stand.<\/p>\n “This is not a who done it, and I am taking the stand and saying I did this, I rescued these birds. I entered this slaughterhouse, this is a why done it. What matters in this case is my intent and whether or not I had a good faith belief that what I did was legal and necessary to protect these birds,” Rosenberg said.<\/p>\n A spokesman for Perdue Farms sent us a statement:<\/p>\n “Zoe Rosenberg and her associates illegally broke into Petaluma Poultry – not to save animals, but to steal sensitive company information. That’s not speculation; it’s undisputed. This was not an isolated incident. It was a coordinated operation, carried out with others. As the court has already noted, their actions triggered a temporary facility shutdown and posed contamination risks that created a more dangerous situation than they claimed to be addressing.<\/p>\n The break-in was a well planned deliberate breach of private property with intent steal – a criminal act that was deliberate, strategic, and bordering on corporate espionage or agro-terrorism.”<\/p>\n They also claim Rosenberg’s actions forced them to temporarily close the facility due to contamination risks.<\/p>\n Legal analyst Steven Clark weighed in.<\/p>\n “Certainly the DA’s office is going to want to address that this is a legitimate business that needs to be protected and for the activist. They’re saying there’s a much bigger story here,” Clark said.<\/p>\n He says this brings up the question – where do you draw the line to protect animals?<\/p>\n “A big question is where do you draw the line? We protect animals who are left in a hot car, but you don’t protect animals in this scenario at a slaughterhouse if they’re being mistreated, or abused. That’s the big question,” Clark said.<\/p>\n As far as what lies ahead for Rosenberg, she said she’s representing the four chickens and their stories in court.<\/p>\n “And I know that Poppy, Ivy, Aster and Azalea are just four individuals, but to them, it’s their whole world and they’re still alive today and that means everything,” Rosenberg said.<\/p>\n Her testimony continues Monday.<\/p>\n
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