Zoe Rosenberg

Zoe Rosenberg is an American animal rights activist and animal sanctuary founder. She participates in public forms of direct action at sporting and university events. In 2014, Rosenberg founded the Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary based in San Luis Obispo, California. Early life and education Rosenberg was born in California to veterinarian Sherstin Rosenberg and entrepreneur Louis B. Rosenberg. She was raised in a vegetarian household and became vegan at the age of 11. In 2014, she founded the Happy Hen Chicken Rescue at age 11 which expanded over time to become the Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary. She now attends the University of California Berkeley where she organizes protests against the University for its alleged ties to factory farms. Activism In July 2016, Rosenberg was arrested at age 14 on live TV during a LA Dodgers baseball game for pitch invasion protesting the reported maltreatment of farm animals by a meat supplier used for "Dodger Dog" hotdogs sold at the stadium. Rosenberg recounted her arrest on the pitcher's mound at Dodger Stadium in a TEDx talk she gave at age 16 entitled "Taking the Mound."