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TOP PRESS
October 24, 2025
The Guardian
I asked Rosenberg what outcome she was hoping for. “My ideal outcome is honestly just whatever is best for the animals,” she said. “An acquittal wouldn’t set an actual legal precedent, but it would set a social precedent, to some extent, and send an important message.”
TOP PRESS
October 24, 2025
The Guardian
BLOG
December 26, 2023
The Sonoma County Court's actions didn't stop me but, instead, spurred me to further action just as it did for many others.
PRESS
December 22, 2023
Press Democrat
Rosenberg's attorney, Kevin Little, argued Friday she poses no public safety risk and the ankle monitor is unnecessary. "Clearly, Miss Rosenberg is not a flight risk."
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December 22, 2023
Press Democrat
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December 20, 2023
TruthDig
For the 1,000-plus lives I’ve saved, I’ve mostly received praise from the general public and from public officials. As a result of my rescue work, I was invited to deliver a TED talk when I was 15. But in Sonoma County, I’m being called a terrorist for saving criminally abused chickens and ducks from suffering and painful death. What are we supposed to do, as concerned members of the public, when law enforcement fails to help animals in need of aid?
PRESS
December 20, 2023
Press Democrat
Blaming those who expose flaws is a disservice to public health. Let’s redirect focus toward transparency and advocating for humane and health-conscious farming practices.
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December 16, 2023
New Yorker
The enduring challenge for any activist is both to dream of almost-unimaginable justice and to make the case to nonbelievers that your dreams are practical. The problem is particularly acute in animal-rights activism.
PRESS
December 15, 2023
Press Democrat
All animals are thinking sentient beings and deserve a natural life. Animal agriculture pollutes land and water. It is a significant contributor to climate change. And it's really bad for the hapless slaughtered animals.
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December 13, 2023
One Green Planet
The sentencing also includes a prohibition on any form of contact with his co-conspirators, a list that includes close friends and co-defendants in an upcoming trial related to a beagle rescue.
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December 13, 2023
One Green Planet
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December 8, 2023
Food Safety News
[Hsiung's] law license is not necessarily at risk, and his conviction and sentence appeal are an opportunity to argue that people can enter the property and remove exploited or distressed animals.
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December 8, 2023
Food Safety News
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December 4, 2023
Unchained TV
[Arrestee Zoe] Rosenberg has since publicly declared, “I want the world to know that I am not afraid, because nothing the legal system can do to me, including depriving me of a (medical) device I rely on to survive, will ever compare to the atrocities that take place every day…” in the animal factories she investigates.
PRESS
December 4, 2023
Unchained TV
TOP PRESS
July 10, 2019
The Intercept
TOP PRESS
June 6, 2019
Democracy Now!
TOP PRESS
December 23, 2018
The Intercept
TOP PRESS
September 29, 2018
Forbes
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June 7, 2018
The Intercept
TOP PRESS
May 30, 2018
Democracy Now!
TOP PRESS
May 25, 2018
The Washington Post
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October 27, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 7 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 20, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 6 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 13, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 5 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 6, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 4 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 29, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 3 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 22, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 2 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 15, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 1 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 12, 2025
The Perdue Rescue Trial begins on Monday, September 15th at the Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa, California.
BLOG
July 31, 2025
Trader Joe’s is known as “America’s most reputable brand,” and I’m learning firsthand that this might be because they relentlessly silence their critics and go to great lengths to protect their image from public scrutiny.
PRESS RELEASE
November 1, 2024
Zoe Rosenberg, 22, faces criminal charges for rescuing chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in Petaluma, CA
PRESS RELEASE
October 29, 2024
Superior Farms is the largest industrial lamb slaughterhouse in the country, and is the subject of Ordinance 309 in Denver, an initiative on the November ballot introduced by Pro-Animal Future that would ban slaughterhouses within city limits
PRESS RELEASE
August 20, 2024
Charges to be Dismissed for Third Time in Perdue Chicken Rescue Case
PRESS RELEASE
August 15, 2024
Animal rights activists with Direct Action Everywhere disrupted Florence at events across the country in recent months calling for the move
PRESS RELEASE
July 20, 2024
On Saturday evening, animal rights activists protested inside and outside of Miller & Lux, an upscale steakhouse in Mission Bay that is owned by celebrity chef Tyler Florence. The protesters were calling on Florence to cut ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry. They marched and chanted through the restaurant, holding signs that read “Drop Petaluma Poultry” and “Stop Supporting Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry’s Criminal Animal Abuse.”
PRESS RELEASE
July 19, 2024
The Ramona factory farm was the site of a 2019 animal cruelty investigation by Direct Action Everywhere
PRESS RELEASE
May 13, 2024
Berkeley student in Perdue poultry case now faces 1 felony and 3 misdemeanors
PRESS RELEASE
March 8, 2024
Today, in a stunning development, the State of Wisconsin moved to dismiss charges against three animal rights activists accused of rescuing three beagles from Ridglan Farms, one of the last two remaining large breeders of dogs for vivisection in the country. Judge Mario White granted the dismissal at a hearing this morning.
PRESS RELEASE
February 27, 2024
The demonstration highlighted the horrifying conditions in which Ridglan Farms confines thousands of beagles for experimentation... The action featured speeches from Stanford alumni and a former Stanford researcher.
