Direct Action Everywhere (DxE)

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

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. 🐓

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....

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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.

Vigil Outside Trader Joe's-Supplying Slaughterhouse following Chicken Rescuer Conviction

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:

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.

UC Berkeley student found guilty after 'rescuing' chickens from Perdue Farms www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/30/c...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

With the prosecution opening statement done, Kevin Little begins the defense's opening statement. All the evidence in this courtroom was not the result of investigation done by law enforcement, Little begins. It wasn't meant to be concealed; Zoe was open in order to prevent criminal animal cruelty.