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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bertie was lethargic and weak on a Foster Farms factory farm in CA's Central Valley. Direct Action Everywhere investigators found him just in time and today, unlike millions of others, Bertie is safe. Today's the 8th anniversary of the rescue of Rose, a hen who inspired the fight for #Rose'sLaw. 🐓

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

BREAKING: New drone footage exposes extreme cruelty behind the biggest name in pizza cheese. Baby cows are kicked in the face & mother cows are whipped at Philip Verwey Dairy, California's largest dairy & a supplier to Leprino Foods, the biggest mozzarella producer in the world. #papajohn #dominos

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A DxE drone pilot is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration after CA's largest calf-raising operation, Grimmius Cattle Company, reported him for filming the conditions at their facility. @TheIntercept theintercept.com/2026/09/08/f....

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FAA Investigates Drone Pilot Who Films Animal Abusers

The cattle ranch at the center of the case asked the FAA for strict drone regulations, saying legal flyovers threatened “food security.”

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

@modbee reports on DxE's work documenting animal cruelty at dairies and calf ranches from the sky

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“The amount of footage that we’re getting now really makes it hard to deny that this is actually the industry standard practice,” Bernier said, adding that drone technology has been a game changer. www.modbee.com/news/busines...

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Activists take to the sky to document Stanislaus County dairy conditions

“The amount of footage that we’re getting now really makes it hard to deny that this is actually the industry standard practice,” said an animal rights activist.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

BREAKING: New investigation of a Clover Sonoma supplier shows calves kicked in the face as their horn buds are painfully burned off. These findings raise serious concerns about Clover’s entire supply chain & CA's dairy industry as a whole. Take aciton at FactoryFarmWatch.org

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Animal Activist Legal Defense Project @aaldp-du.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

What can #openrescue do? Check out the latest episode of @Radiolab "What is a Pig Worth?" for a thoughtful look at the impact of these rescues and resulting trials: radiolab.org/podcast/what...

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thank you to @aaldp-du.bsky.social for litigating this historic appeal and arguing on behalf of the animals and Wayne in the California Court of Appeal this April.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The Court did not overturn his misdemeanor trespass conviction for his actions at Sunrise Farms or make a clear ruling affirming that the necessity defense actively does apply to nonhuman animals. Consequently, Wayne will be appealing to the California Supreme Court on this issue.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Wayne should have been allowed to argue that he believed his actions to be legal under the necessity defense. The Court wrote that “Neither this court nor the California Supreme Court has ruled that the necessity defense applies exclusively to situations involving physical harm to a human."

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

BREAKING: The Court of Appeals just overturned Wayne Hsiung’s felony conviction for his role in rescuing 37 abused hens from a factory egg farm called Sunrise Farms. They also overturned his misdemeanor trespass conviction for his role in the rescue of 32 sick ducklings from Reichardt Duck Farm.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

EXPOSED: Dairy farms across California are sending calves to massive calf raising operations in the Central Valley where they are housed in tiny crates for months on end. This is Grimmius Cattle Company. This is the real California dairy industry. Ask legislators to act now at FactoryFarmWatch.org

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

BREAKING: We’ve just released an interactive map exposing every factory farm and slaughterhouse in the state of California. Check out the map and sign our open letter at FactoryFarmWatch.org

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Today is day 12 of Zoe's incarceration and activists rescued Molly and Jay from a slaughterhouse. In solidarity with jailed animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg activists are rescuing animals every single day of her incarceration. #RightToRescue #FreeZoe

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Check out our Annual Report at dxe.io/2025report In 2025, we faced our most high-profile animal rescue trial, exposed factory farming cruelty, pressured corporations and institutions complicit in animal suffering, and continued building a globally connected grassroots movement for animals.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

1/2 While the powerful torture animals & jail Zoe Rosenberg, their unjust conduct has led to tens of thousands of signatures and hundreds of millions of views in media & online. This kind of mobilization isn't possible without you. Demand freedom for Zoe and justice for animals at www.FreeZoe.org

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

…including that the court denied the necessity defense even though Zoe's actions were necessary to save Poppy, Aster, Ivy, and Azalea from imminent harm. But appeals take a long time and Zoe needs our help now.

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Free Zoe Rosenberg

Investigations since 2018 have exposed sick and injured animals languishing without care.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Zoe's legal team, led by the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project (@aaldp-du.bsky.social), filed a formal notice of appeal today to appeal her conviction on several grounds…

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Free Zoe Rosenberg

Investigations since 2018 have exposed sick and injured animals languishing without care.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

When Zoe was initially arrested, the jail threatened to take away her insulin pump. Despite this risk to Zoe's life and the nonviolent nature of her actions, Sonoma County Judge Kenneth Gnoss nevertheless sentenced her to jail.

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Free Zoe Rosenberg

Investigations since 2018 have exposed sick and injured animals languishing without care.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

30 days of her sentence will be in jail and she will be eligible for jail alternatives for the final 60 days. For giving Poppy, Aster, Ivy, and Azalea their freedom, Zoe has lost hers. For giving Poppy, Aster, Ivy, and Azalea their freedom, Zoe has lost hers.

freezoe.org

Free Zoe Rosenberg

Investigations since 2018 have exposed sick and injured animals languishing without care.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Lifelong animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg was just sentenced to 90 days in custody for her rescue of four suffering chickens from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse. She is ordered to turn herself in one week from today on December 10th. @aaldp-du.bsky.social

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 15/05/2025

In 2023, UC Berkeley student and @dxeofficial.bsky.social activist @zoerosenberg.bsky.social removed four severely ill chickens from a slaughterhouse truck in Petaluma, California. Now, she’s facing over five years in prison. Seth Millstein reports:

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An Animal Rights Activist Rescued Four Sick Chickens From a Slaughterhouse. Now She’s Facing Five Years in Prison.

How ‘open rescue’ prosecutions reveal larger systemic issues.

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 06/11/2025

Last week, activist @zoerosenberg.bsky.social was found guilty of trespassing and conspiracy after taking four chickens from a slaughterhouse truck in Petaluma, California. Now, she faces more than five years in prison, something @dxeofficial.bsky.social activists view as a necessary risk.

Zoe Rosenberg getting arrested. Text is a quote from her that reads:
A few years of my freedom is worth significantly less than even one animal’s entire life, and certainly less than four animals’ entire lives. And so it’s absolutely worth it to me on that level.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

She will appeal her conviction, including several of the court’s rulings, such as its refusal to allow her to present a necessity defense and severe restrictions on what animal cruelty evidence the jury was allowed to see.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

These charges carry a potential sentence of nearly 5 years in jail. Meanwhile, Petaluma Poultry faces no consequences for leaving sick animals to die or scalding animals alive.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg was just found guilty of felony conspiracy and 3 misdemeanors for her rescue of four chickens from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry. Zoe was represented by Chris Carraway, of Animal Activist Legal Defense Project (@AALDP-DU.bsky.social), and attorney Kevin Little.

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Animal Activist Legal Defense Project @aaldp-du.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Excellent @sfchronicle.com story about our case, representing @zoerosenberg.bsky.social of @dxeofficial.bsky.social in the #PerdueRescueTrial. This is the power of #openrescue cases. #animalrights #animalwelfare #animalcruelty #vegan #chicken #chickens www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

To the enormous frustration and surprise of Hobson, Gnoss rules that Picklesimer’s speech didn't further any conspiracy. Paul merely spoke about actions taking place. Judge Gnoss said the prosecution's attempt to examine Picklesimer lacks foundation.” This, he said, makes the immunity issue moot.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Court starts for the day with discussions outside the presence of the jury. Picklesimer takes the stand alongside their lawyer, EmilyRose Johns. Johns points out the immunity issues that arise from the prosecution forcing Picklesimer to testify for them.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Carraway moves on to the documents Rosenberg saw inside Petaluma Poultry, specifically a tally sheet indicating birds were scalded alive. He argues the door has been opened to discuss these documents because the prosecution has strongly contested the fact that birds were scalded alive.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Court resumes. Sonoma County Deputy District Attorney Matthew Hobson asks about playing video of Zoe doing a presentation with a slideshow, requesting to play audio only of her speaking and exclude the images as the slideshow contains animals like cows, otters, etc. They say the video is irrelevant

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Hobson: You know the action was widely publicized? Deerbrook: I was working with The Intercept. Hobson: But by DxE? Deerbrook: I assume so.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Day 18. Court starts for the day with defense's direct examination of Raven Deerbrook. Deerbrook is sworn in and takes the stand. Little: What's your occupation and for how long? Deerbrook: Photography and Animal Cruelty Investigations for over 6 years.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Carraway raises Zoe being restricted from testifying about the photos/videos documented at Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry. He asks Judge Gnoss to reconsider. This limitation hinders her right to a fair trial. Gnoss reaffirms his ruling, stating she cannot rely on this info or be questioned about it.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Day 17: Carraway (@aaldp-du.bsky.social) speaks about being informed by Rocky Chau's attorney, he will be invoking his 5th amendment right (against self-incrimination), so there's no need on calling him to the stand anymore. Hobson insists that the prosecution still wants to put him on the stand.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hobson introduces posts from Cabral's social media. One says "you're either an animal abuser or a vegan." The posts are 5 years old. H: You believe that? Cabral: Not anymore. When you see what's going on, you can get very upset, and it takes time to grow and learn.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Gnoss indicates that he's going to allow social media posts broadly, and they begin going through each of the posts to determine whether they'll be allowed to be shown

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hobson gets up to cross, but before starting Carraway asks for a quick sidebar. After a couple minutes Gnoss sends the jury out for a prolonged discussion.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Carraway then moves to the chickens from the rescue, who Cabral identifies as being Poppy, Ivy, Aster, and Azalea; the first time they were named to the jury.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Carraway starts by introducing what Cabral will be talking about: she was brought chickens by Zoe on the 13th, shortly after the rescue. He can't directly say they were the same chickens as those rescued, as Zoe will need to lay that foundation first, but he does imply so.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Court starts with a brief sidebar this afternoon, but soon after the defense is ready to call their first witness, Carla Cabral.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Before the jury enters, Hobson asks again to admit social media posts about not wanting slaughterhouses to exist. Gnoss says he'd like to wait until after Zoe's testimony; noting that Hobson has been given a lot of leeway already attributing DxE's statements to Zoe

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Little: were you aware that Zoe made criminal animal cruelty complaints about Perdue's Petaluma Poultry to your department? Arvizo: No L: at the preliminary hearing for this case, you testified you were you aware? A: True L: At any point did you investigate any? A: I cannot respond.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

That concludes the defense's opening statements. Now that both the prosecution and defense have gone, the prosecution can begin calling witnesses and supporting their case. Once they're done, the defense will do the same, and finally both sides will give closing statements.

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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) @dxeofficial.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This case, Little continues, is about the four chickens, each living creatures who can suffer. Their names are Aster, Ivy, Poppy, and Azalea. When Zoe rescued them she could see that they were suffering. That's why she specifically selected those ones.

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