Supporters took over San Francisco’s Mission District last Saturday, marching and chanting for the release of 23-year-old activist Zoe Rosenberg, who earlier this month began serving a 90-day sentence in Sonoma County jail. The crowd started at Dolores Park, then fanned out across the city to deliver petitions by hand, asking Governor Gavin Newsom for a pardon in a case that has put Bay Area animal-rights organizers on a collision course with Petaluma poultry interests.
March Moves From Dolores Park
Organizers said the march kicked off at Dolores Park before heading through the Mission, with planned stops at a Trader Joe’s and the state Attorney General’s office as part of a coordinated day of action. As reported by KRON4, demonstrators carried giant “Free Zoe” banners, called for clemency and repeatedly invoked the four birds at the center of the case.
Why They’re Protesting: The Case
Rosenberg was convicted in October of felony conspiracy and three misdemeanors for removing four chickens from a Petaluma Poultry processing facility in June 2023. A judge ordered her to report to Sonoma County jail on Dec. 10 to serve a 90-day term. The AP News reported that 60 of those days may be served under alternative arrangements such as electronic home confinement, and that she was also sentenced to two years of probation…