Posted on 06/01/2022 1:20:30 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Judges ruled on Tuesday that bumble bees can be classed as fish under California environmental laws.
This unlocks protections for the state's four endangered bumble bee species.
The ruling clarifies the state's confusing classification in its environmental protections.
A trio of judges in California said on Tuesday that bees can be legally classed as a type of fish as part of a ruling that brings added conservation protections for the endangered species.
"The issue presented here is whether the bumble bee, a terrestrial invertebrate, falls within the definition of fish," the judges wrote in their ruling. And, they concluded, it does.
Formerly, the problem for bee-lovers — and lovers of all Californian terrestrial invertebrates — was down to the way protected animals have been classified in the state's laws.
Although four different bee species were classified as endangered in 2018, land invertebrates are not explicitly protected under the state's Endangered Species Act (CESA), which protects endangered "native species or subspecies of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, or plant."....
They also argued that land-based invertebrates have been protected under the category of "fish" under the statute in the past, such as in 1980 when the Trinity bristle snail was protected.
The judges described how California's legislature has wavered for years over whether or not to explicitly include invertebrates in the Act, presumably saving them the trouble of having to expand the definition of fish.
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Mandatory Drug and Alcohol screening every single day for ALL Officers of the Court
Dims are masters at rebranding away from reality.
Can a human fetus be declared a fish?
Before you all go nuts here, just remember to be respectful for a bee can self-identify as a fish. And use the correct pronouns for them./sarc
If men can be women and women can be men, then why can’t bees be fish.
Why aren’t they a tax?
So,catch all the bumble bees and return them to the water.🙄
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Law is an @$$.
Do they get to use the fish bathroom now? Same lockeroom and shower?
A fish needs a judge like a bee needs a bicycle.
Only a liberal would think a man is a woman, and a bee is a fish!
Man, liberals are STUPID!
The judges described how California’s legislature has wavered for years over whether or not to explicitly include invertebrates in the Act, presumably saving them the trouble of having to expand the definition of fish.
So now a bee is a type of fish??
With regard to bees being an endangered species, isn’t this a clear case where the legislature should pass legislation on the subject of bees? How is it up to judges to change the definition of what a fish is? This is really a bizarre ruling.
Why bother with laws at all?
Mia Jankowicz, the article’s author ... hmmmm, is she Nina’s sister? Can she do a Mary Poppins with this bee/fish story? ... and don’t forget the red lipstick.
“He should not be here, “ said the fish in the pot. “ he should not be here when your mother is not.”
Well there is Bumble Bee Tuna.
We are beyond heading in the wrong direction.
We are looking disaster in the face.
This country does not have enough leaders to fill up a clown car.
The same stupid court would probably declare Pelosi to be a human.
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