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An animal rights activist and UC Berkeley student was convicted Wednesday after releasing four chickens from a Sonoma County poultry facility — a caper she characterized as a rescue mission, but farm owners said was common theft.

In a trial closely monitored by the poultry industry and animal rights groups, Zoe Rosenberg, 23, was found guilty of a felony charge of conspiracy, two misdemeanor counts of trespass and one count of tampering with a vehicle.

She faces a possible sentence of up to five years. But she urged animal rights supporters not to let her conviction interrupt their activism.

“Prosecutors hope that this will deter people from speaking up for animals, that it will d

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