Vigil To Protest Petaluma Poultry Conditions Saturday

PETALUMA, CA — Animal rights activists with the group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) will hold a vigil at the Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse on Saturday afternoon to protest conditions inside the facility.

Beginning at 2:30 p.m., protesters will stand outside the east entrance of the slaughterhouse, on Lakeville Highway, where tandem-trucks filled with live chickens enter.

The protest follows last week's conviction of DxE animal cruelty investigator Zoe Rosenberg for felony conspiracy and misdemeanors related to the June 2023 incident in which Rosenberg took four chickens from a Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse that supplies chickens to Perdue Farms.

Rosenberg said that the chickens, which she later named Poppy, Ivy, Aster and Azalea, were covered in scratches, bruises and parasites.

After the trial, Rosenberg and DxE members walked to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office to file a complaint detailing the conditions at Petaluma Poultry.

Rosenberg's sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 3.