Hi John,

Yesterday, Sonoma County Judge Lynette Brown dismissed multiple felony charges against UC Berkeley student and DxE animal cruelty investigator Zoe Rosenberg, who is being prosecuted for the rescue of four chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse.

Earlier this year, prosecutors themselves dropped one of Zoe’s initial five felonies after defense attorneys pointed out it was not even a real charge. Then, at the preliminary hearing earlier this month, prosecutors agreed with the defense that there was insufficient evidence to support another of the initially charged felonies. Yesterday, after reviewing the evidence from the preliminary hearing, Judge Brown dismissed that felony and two more of the remaining four felonies.

Zoe now faces one felony conspiracy charge and three misdemeanors: trespass, tampering with a vehicle, and theft (or, rather, rescue of Poppy, Ivy, Aster, and Azalea from Perdue’s abuse). Despite this reduction, Zoe still faces a potential sentence of up to five years in prison.

And what’s more - after some of the charges they filed were thrown out by the judge, the prosecution said they might be filing new felonies… we will keep you updated on this historic case for animal rescue. Zoe and her co-defendant will appear in court on May 23 to be arraigned on the reduced charges they now face.

For more information, you can read some of the press here. You can also read detailed tweets about the hearing on the Perdue Rescue Trial Twitter account.

Thanks for supporting the Right to Rescue!
Cassie

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