Bay Area animal rights activist faces up to 5 1/2 years in prison for chicken rescue
KCRA 3
[{'start': '5.305', 'end': '8.040', 'text': "ACTIVIST CLAIMS SHE WAS RESCUING  CHICKENS, BUT NOW SHE'S FACING  UP TO FIVE AND A HALF YEARS IN  PRISON.  YOU MAY RECALL THE SAME WOMAN,  ZOE ROSENBERG, CHAINED HERSELF  TO A BASKET DURING AN NBA  PLAYOFF GAME IN 2022, AND SHE  NOW HAS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF  FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.  KCRA 3'S SARAH MCGREW SPOKE WITH  ROSENBERG AND A FARMER WHO SAYS  HER ACTIONS HAVE GONE TOO FAR.  WE JUST FOUND ANOTHER CHICKEN ON  THE FLOOR OF THIS FARM WHO IS IN  CRITICAL CONDITION.  THIS VIDEO FROM DIRECT ACTION  EVERYWHERE SHOWS ZOE ROSENBERG  WITH CHICKENS SHE CLAIMS WERE  BEING ABUSED AND NEGLECTED.  I WAS PART OF A COMPANY WIDE  INVESTIGATION OF PURDUE'S  PETALUMA POULTRY.  SHE SAYS SHE REPORTED ANIMAL  CRUELTY TO SONOMA COUNTY LAW  ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.  A PETALUMA POULTRY SPOKESPERSON  HAS DENIED DIRECT ACTION.  EVERYWHERE'S ANIMAL ABUSE  CLAIMS.  FEELING LIKE THE AUTHORITIES  WEREN'T GOING TO TAKE ACTION, I  ULTIMATELY, IN JUNE OF 2023,  RESCUED THE FOUR CHICKENS  MYSELF.  NOW SHE FACES SEVERAL FELONY AND  MISDEMEANOR CHARGES, INCLUDING  BURGLARY AND TRESPASSING FOR THE  SO-CALLED RESCUE OF CHICKENS.  SHE'LL BE WEARING THE ANKLE  MONITOR SHE'S HAD ON FOR MORE  THAN A YEAR WHEN SHE GRADUATES  FROM UC BERKELEY IN MAY.  I MEAN, I FULLY BELIEVE THAT  RESCUING ANIMALS IN THESE  SITUATIONS IS LEGAL AND THAT THE  NECESSITY DEFENSE APPLIES.  DIRECT ACTION EVERYWHERE  BELIEVES IN WHAT THEY CALL THE  RIGHT TO RESCUE ANIMALS THAT ARE  IN DISTRESS OR IN NEED OF  MEDICAL ATTENTION.  THE ORGANIZATION'S GOAL IS TO  EVENTUALLY END THE HUMAN  CONSUMPTION OF ANIMALS.  I GOT INVOLVED WITH DIRECT  ACTION EVERYWHERE AND STARTED  DOING PROTEST TYPE ACTIVISM WHEN  I WAS 12.  BUT IT'S NOT JUST PETALUMA  POULTRY THAT HAS BEEN ON THE  OTHER SIDE OF ROSENBERG'S  PROTEST, AND INVESTIGATIONS.  BERETTA FAMILY DAIRY HAS DEALT  WITH HER ORGANIZATION FOR YEARS.  THEY'VE BEEN PROTESTING OUTSIDE  OF OUR DAIRY.  YOUR BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS GOES  INTO EVERY SINGLE DAY.  AND THEN TO BE PORTRAYED THE  WRONG WAY, TOO.  SHE SAYS THE ORGANIZATION SHARED  MISLEADING VIDEOS OF HER DAIRY.  THEY DID A ZOOM OR A DRONE  FLYOVER OF THE DAIRY, AND THEY  ACTUALLY ADDED ANIMALS AND BARNS  THAT WEREN'T EVEN OUR BARNS.  AND THEN SO THEN TO HAVE THIS  VIDEO OUT THERE OF YOUR DAIRY,  WHEN IT WASN'T EVEN THE TRUTH.  DIRECT ACTION EVERYWHERE, SAYS  THE VIDEO IN QUESTION SHOWS  MULTIPLE FARMS IN SONOMA COUNTY.  LAST YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION  SUPPORTED MEASURE J IN SONOMA  COUNTY, WHICH AIMED TO BAN FARMS  WITH MORE THAN 700 ANIMALS.  OPPONENTS LIKE BERETTA SAID THE  MEASURE WOULD HURT FAMILY FARMS.  SO FOR THE YEAR THAT WE FOUGHT,  MEASURE J, I WILL TELL YOU THAT  I PROBABLY WAS IN MEETINGS MORE  THAN I WAS A DAIRY FARMER THAT  YEAR.  IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED DOWN  BY 200,000 VOTES.  BUT EVEN THEN, BERETTA DOESN'T  FEEL LIKE THE FIGHT IS DONE FOR  HER LIVELIHOOD AND THAT OF SO  MANY OTHERS IN SONOMA COUNTY.  IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE BECAUSE AT  ANY MOMENT, SOMETHING MORE COULD  COME, OR THEY COULD CONTINUE  PROTESTING, WHICH WE'RE SEEING  RIGHT NOW.  ON THE PETALUMA POULTRY SIDE.  AND AS FOR ROSENBERG'S ACTIONS  AT PETALUMA POULTRY, BERETTA  FEELS SHE WENT TOO FAR.  I AM HOPING TO SEE WITH ZOE'S  TRIAL IS THAT SHE GETS CONVICTED  FOR THE CHARGES THAT SHE HAS.  IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THEIR  GROUP THAT HERE IN SONOMA  COUNTY, WE DON'T CONDONE THEIR  ACTIONS.  MEANWHILE, ROSENBERG SAYS SHE'S  PREPARING FOR THE WORST AND  STANDS BY HER RESCUE OF THE  CHICKENS.  AND THEN I'M STARTING A DIALOG  ABOUT THESE ISSUES, AND I THINK  THAT IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP  FOR ANY SOCIAL MOVEMENT IS JUST  GETTING YOUR ISSUE ON THE TABLE.  AND IF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT  IT IN ANY WAY, I THINK THAT'S  IMPORTANT AND MEANS SOMETHING.  ROSENBERG'S TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO  START THIS FALL IN SAN  FRANCISCO.  SASARAH MCGREW KCRA THREE NEWS.  IN AN EMAIL TO OUR PARTNERS AT  THE CHRONICLE, PETALUMA POULTRY  CALLED DIRECT ACTION EVERYWHERE,  AN EXTREMIST GROUP THAT HAS  RESORTED T"}]