Chicken Rescue Leads to Jail: Outrage Over Harsh Sentence
Following an October conviction on felony conspiracy and misdemeanor counts, Zoe Rosenberg has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for entering a Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse and removing four chickens. The judge also ordered Rosenberg to pay over $100,000 to the facility, owned by Perdue Farms. Rosenberg, a member of the animal welfare group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), maintains she was rescuing the chickens, which she and other activists moved to an animal sanctuary and documented online. This incident, part of DxE’s coordinated actions since 2014, has ignited debate on the application of “right to rescue” laws and the group’s alleged impact on animal agriculture.
John Q. Hosedrinker