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  • California court rules that bees are a type of fish in order to protect them under the state's endangered species act

    06/01/2022 1:20:30 PM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 119 replies
    Insider ^ | Jun 1, 2022 | Mia Jankowicz
    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...