A California animal rights activist who stole four chickens from a Perdue Farms poultry plant in Sonoma County was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days in jail following her conviction in October.

Zoe Rosenberg, an activist with Berkeley-based Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, was convicted of felony conspiracy, trespassing and other charges following a seven-week trial. Rosenberg did not dispute taking the chickens from the plant in Petaluma, but argued that the animals were ill and being mistreated, and she was rescuing them from a cruel situation.

Petaluma Poultry denied that the animals were being mistreated at the plant, owned by Maryland-based Perdue, one of the country's largest poultry producers and meat processors.

Rosenberg was ordered to report to jail on Dec. 10. The Distri

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