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An animal rights advocate accused of stealing four chickens from a Petaluma poultry farm in 2023 will stand trial beginning Monday in Sonoma County, facing nearly five years in prison if convicted.
According to a criminal complaint filed by the Sonoma County District Attorney’s office, Zoe Rosenberg, an organizer for the Berkeley-based advocacy group Direct Action Everywhere, visited Petaluma Poultry without authorization four times. During those visits, prosecutors say, she attached GPS devices to 12 different farm delivery vehicles.
On June 13, 2023, Rosenberg allegedly entered the farm without permission, took chickens off of a trailer and removed them from the property, according to the complaint…