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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jury-convicts-activist-chickens-   
   purdue-plant-126998267   
      
   SAN FRANCISCO -- A California animal rights activist who took four   
   chickens from a major Perdue Farms poultry plant was found guilty   
   Wednesday of felony conspiracy, trespassing and other charges and faces   
   several years in jail.   
      
   Zoe Rosenberg, 23, did not deny taking the animals from Petaluma Poultry   
   but argued she wasn't breaking the law because she was rescuing the birds   
   from a cruel situation. The trial lasted about seven weeks in Sonoma   
   County, an agricultural area of Northern California.   
      
   The Santa Rosa jury took less than a day to find Rosenberg guilty on all   
   counts. The activist with Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, a Berkeley-   
   based animal rights group, was on trial for two misdemeanor counts of   
   trespassing, a misdemeanor count of tampering with a vehicle and a felony   
   conspiracy charge.   
      
   Rosenberg said she does not regret what she did.   
      
   “I will not apologize for taking sick, neglected animals to get medical   
   care,” Rosenberg said following her conviction. “When we see cruelty and   
   violence, we can choose to ignore it or to intervene and try to make the   
   world a better place. I chose to intervene, and because I did, Poppy, Ivy,   
   Aster, and Azalea are alive today. For that, I will never be sorry.”   
      
   The group named the birds and placed them in an animal sanctuary.   
      
   Rosenberg walked out of court wearing an ankle monitor and briefly spoke   
   to supporters, who were holding signs that read “Prosecute Petaluma   
   Poultry” and “Right to Rescue.” She told them she would immediately head   
   to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and report animal cruelty at   
   Petaluma Poultry.   
      
   “We’re going to go now and report Petaluma Poultry and ask them to please   
   finally give justice to these animals,” she said.   
      
   Rosenberg's attorney, Chris Carraway, said the district attorney's office   
   was ignoring criminal animal cruelty in Sonoma County factory farms and   
   that he plans to appeal the verdict.   
      
   “Sonoma County spent over six weeks and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer   
   dollars to protect a multi-billion-dollar corporation from the rescue of   
   four chickens worth less than $25,” Carraway said in a statement. “No   
   doubt, the District Attorney’s office would never have spent a fraction of   
   this time or money if the chickens had been dead in a supermarket meat   
   case."   
      
   Rosenberg’s sentencing is set for Dec. 3, when she faces a maximum jail   
   sentence of 4 1/2 years, Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez   
   said.   
      
   Rodriguez said in a statement the verdict affirms no one is above the law.   
      
   “While we respect everyone’s right to free expression, it is unlawful to   
   trespass, disrupt legitimate businesses, and endanger workers and animals   
   in pursuit of a political or social agenda," she said.   
      
   Petaluma Poultry has said that DxE is an extremist group that is intent on   
   destroying the animal agriculture industry. The company says the animals   
   were not mistreated.   
      
   "The jury’s verdict makes it clear: personal beliefs don’t justify   
   breaking the law," Herb Frerichs, general counsel of Petaluma Poultry,   
   said in a statement. “DxE members admitted to planning and carrying out   
   illegal acts — including break-ins, theft of private data, and stealing   
   livestock — under the guise of activism and to gain publicity.”   
      
   Frerichs said the company supports the right to free speech and lawful   
   protests, but this was not that.   
      
   Rosenberg testified she disguised herself as a Petaluma Poultry worker   
   using a fake badge and earpiece to take the birds, and then posted a video   
   of her actions on social media.   
      
   Petaluma Poultry is a subsidiary of Perdue Farms — one of the United   
   States’ largest poultry providers for major grocery chains.   
      
   The co-founder of DxE was convicted two years ago for his role in factory   
   farm protests in Petaluma.   
      
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   This story’s headline has been corrected to say the company name is   
   spelled Perdue, not Purdue.   
      
      
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