OAKLAND, Calif. - A Sonoma County jury on Wednesday, following seven weeks of trial, convicted an animal rights activist of felony conspiracy, two misdemeanor counts of trespassing, and tampering with a vehicle.

What we know:

Zoe Rosenberg, a 23-year-old Berkeley resident, was on trial for taking four chickens from a Northern California processing plant, Petaluma Poultry, in 2023. She faces more than five years in prison.

Rosenberg did not deny taking the animals but said she was rescuing them from a cruel situation. Her attorneys have said they would appeal if she was found guilty, Lauren Gazzola, spokesperson for the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project, said.

Rosenberg is a member of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). One of the group's co-founders was sentenced to 90 days in jail a

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