SANTA ROSA — A California animal rights activist on trial for taking four chickens from one of Perdue Farms' major poultry plants said Tuesday that she was rescuing Poppy, Ivy, Aster, and Azalea from abuse while prosecutors say she broke the law.

Zoe Rosenberg, 23, faces more than five years in prison if convicted of a felony conspiracy charge and two misdemeanor counts of trespassing and a misdemeanor count of tampering with a vehicle.

During the seven-week trial, her defense hasn’t focused on if she took the chickens from Petaluma Poultry in 2023 that supplies chickens to Perdue Farms — one of the United States' largest poultry providers for major grocery chains — but rather on the justification for doing so.

How the chickens were taken

Rosenberg testified she disguised herself as a

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