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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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July 14, 2020
Rotting pig carcasses are seen being fed on by wild animals after workers cut infected flesh out of carcasses before selling them for human consumption
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July 14, 2020
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July 3, 2020
Activists say proposal for partial divestment doesn’t go far enough
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July 3, 2020
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June 29, 2020
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June 29, 2020
Workers forced to kill thousands of pigs with extreme heat and steam
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June 23, 2020
Factory farm investigator alleges improper connections between Smithfield Inc. and Utah Attorney General
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June 23, 2020
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June 19, 2020
Des Moines Register
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June 19, 2020
Des Moines Register
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
Investigators say “ventilation shutdown” is criminal livestock neglect as pigs are “roasted alive”
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
Bay Area residents face criminal charges after rescuing dying animals from Sonoma County factory farms
PRESS RELEASE
June 5, 2020
Twelve activists now face charges, including felonies, as campaign seeks industry-wide ban
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June 5, 2020
TOP PRESS
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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May 17, 2018
The Intercept
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May 8, 2018
Vox
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May 4, 2018
The Intercept
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March 20, 2018
The New York Times
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November 7, 2017
Mother Jones
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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.
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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 12, 2024
A coalition of groups, including the Berkeley-based animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and Compassionate Bay, led the effort to gather the signatures to get this CAFO ban on the ballot.
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
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August 20, 2024
Charges to be Dismissed for Third Time in Perdue Chicken Rescue Case
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August 15, 2024
Animal rights activists with Direct Action Everywhere disrupted Florence at events across the country in recent months calling for the move
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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.”
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July 19, 2024
The Ramona factory farm was the site of a 2019 animal cruelty investigation by Direct Action Everywhere
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May 13, 2024
Berkeley student in Perdue poultry case now faces 1 felony and 3 misdemeanors
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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.
