"The criminal trial of a young activist involved in a Bay Area animal welfare group's aggressive campaign targeting Sonoma County poultry farms is set to kick off this week, drawing more attention to a case that's existed in a spotlight from its earliest days. Zoe Rosenberg is charged with felony conspiracy and three misdemeanors related to a 2023 incursion by activists at a Petaluma Poultry processing facility, one of several sites"
"where the Berkeley group Direct Action Everywhere has staged large demonstrations to highlight farm conditions it contends are unsafe and harmful for birds raised for their eggs and meat. Representatives of the region's poultry industry, rooted in Petaluma for generations, have rejected those allegations and have pressed the county's district attorney to prosecute individuals involved in the farm incursions, which they say present a serious threat to biosecurity and employee safety."
"Participants, according to prosecutors, have accessed private property after cutting through chain-linked fences. On several occasions, they've chained themselves to front gates and equipment, refusing to leave even when confronted by law enforcement. Animal welfare activist Zoe Rosenberg is arrested on a warrant by Sonoma County sheriff's deputy Joel Auerbach, after a rally and subsequent march in response to the sentencing of animal welfare activist Wayne Hsiung in Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023."
Zoe Rosenberg is charged with felony conspiracy and three misdemeanors for a 2023 incursion at a Petaluma Poultry processing facility linked to Direct Action Everywhere demonstrations. The Berkeley-based group staged large protests alleging unsafe and harmful farm conditions for egg- and meat-raised birds. Regional poultry industry representatives, with generational roots in Petaluma, deny those allegations and urged the district attorney to prosecute participants for threats to biosecurity and worker safety. Over several years activists reportedly removed birds they said were in poor health and accessed private property by cutting chain-link fences. Protesters have chained themselves to gates and equipment and refused to leave when confronted by law enforcement.
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