Activist Claims Rescue of Chickens as Trial Highlights Animal Rights Debate

A California animal rights activist, Zoe Rosenberg, asserts she rescued four chickens from Perdue Farms, igniting a major debate on animal rights amid her legal battles.

• Zoe Rosenberg, 23, faces over five years in prison for a felony charge and multiple misdemeanors linked to her actions at a Perdue Farms poultry facility in Petaluma, California.
• The trial, which has lasted seven weeks, centers on Rosenbergs claim that she was rescuing the chickens—Poppy, Ivy, Aster, and Azalea—from abuse at the slaughterhouse.
• Prosecutors argue that Rosenbergs actions were illegal, framing her as a criminal rather than a member of the Animal rights movement advocating for animal welfare.