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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
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October 2, 2025
The San Diego Union Tribune
In the middle of the performance, a horse named Wako Kid bolted into a metal fence with a sickening thud. The crowd gasped as he crumpled to the ground, clearly gravely injured. It was horrifying, and it happened right in front of thousands of cheering spectators.
PRESS
October 2, 2025
The San Diego Union Tribune
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September 29, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 3 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 22, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 2 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
PRESS
September 22, 2025
Petaluma Argus-Courier
About 60 members and supporters of the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere gathered Saturday in Petaluma’s Penry Park to rally behind one of their own — Zoe Rosenberg, who is currently on trial in Sonoma County — before marching through downtown toward the Lakeville Highway chicken processing plant connected with her criminal case.
PRESS
September 22, 2025
Petaluma Argus-Courier
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September 20, 2025
KRON4
Animal rights activists marched Saturday in Petaluma in support of a woman on trial for allegedly taking four chickens from a local poultry slaughterhouse.
PRESS RELEASE
September 20, 2025
"I believe Zoe did the right thing by taking sick animals to the vet," said Sharon Loren of Penngrove, who joined the march. "Compassion should never be a crime, but it's on trial here in Sonoma County."
PRESS RELEASE
September 20, 2025
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September 17, 2025
The Daily Californian
“Each and every one of these chickens was an individual,” Rosenberg said at her press conference. “With a personality, thoughts and feelings. Each and every one of them had been deprived of just about everything.”
PRESS
September 17, 2025
The Daily Californian
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September 15, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 1 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 15, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 1 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
TOP PRESS
July 10, 2019
The Intercept
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June 6, 2019
Democracy Now!
TOP PRESS
December 23, 2018
The Intercept
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September 29, 2018
Forbes
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June 7, 2018
The Intercept
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May 30, 2018
Democracy Now!
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May 25, 2018
The Washington Post
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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.
BLOG
July 25, 2025
Vera supplies the nation’s largest goat milk producer, Meyenberg, and its practices are a far cry from the rigorous standards Whole Foods promises. Thousands of goats are confined in crowded pens without access to pasture; newborn babies are routinely separated from their mothers; and, outside the confinement area, lies a mass graveyard of animals who died prior to slaughter.
PRESS RELEASE
February 23, 2022
Two defendants face years in prison after removing sick piglets from the largest factory pig farm in the U.S.
PRESS RELEASE
February 20, 2022
California Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Van Nuys) introduced a bill Friday to enact a moratorium on new factory farms and slaughterhouses statewide. Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San José) is a joint author on the bill, AB 2764.
PRESS RELEASE
February 13, 2022
UC Berkeley administrators claim the world’s largest chicken producer doesn’t use factory farming
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January 21, 2022
Demonstrators allege widespread criminal animal abuse by Iowa Select Farms
PRESS RELEASE
January 18, 2022
Prosecution moved to dismiss case in advance of hearing on expanding media access to trial
PRESS RELEASE
December 11, 2021
26 horses have died at the facility this year
PRESS RELEASE
December 5, 2021
Supporters say rescue of sick baby goat was an act of compassion
PRESS RELEASE
December 5, 2021
Protestors, including felony defendants, call for Rose’s Law: Animal Bill of Rights
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November 22, 2021
While Smithfield demands prison for Utah activists, this turkey farmer defends their actions, and is even helping them rescue more