Straight Line of the Day: What in the world will California courts rule next?
California Court Rules That Bees Are a Type of Fish in Order To Protect Them Under the State’s Endangered Species Act
Insider | Jun 1, 2022 | Mia JankowiczJudges 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.
…That an LGBTQ woman needs a transgendered man like a bee needs a bicycle.
…That Nancy Pelosi is a protected fungus.
Pelosi: Africanized bees MUST be protected from discrimination and should be eligible for reparations.
. . . that California judges are alive, despite their obvious lack of brain waves
It’s Basil not Basil.
Monty Python must change the lyrics to “Eric, the half a fish.”
… Is this wretched demi-fish,
Half-eaten upon my dish,
and some DamnCat dinner wish?
No! It’s Eric the half a fish!…
Spelling Bees are protected as well.
The next landmark decision will be that “penguins is practically chickens”…
Parts is parts.
That Chesa Boudin was unfairly discriminated against during the latest recall, and must be reinstated, with unfettered power…
. . . U.S. Marines are prohibited from going to Guam so it won’t tip over
. . . Jill Biden is a doctor
. . . the Stay Puft marshmallow man is an intergalactic white supremacist
. . . false information received by a media fax machine is considered fax checked
. . . burning down the fake Rock Ridge must be referred to as a peaceful protest
. . . Joe Biden was legitimately elected in 2020
Not surprisingly, the 9th Circus affirmed all of them
…birds and bees must have equal opportunities.
…all other species must be protected from Emus.
Especially California natives (my lobbying finally is paying off)…
Don’t count on it.
…cats and dogs can live together.
Earthquakes are unconstitutional.
California needs to have foundation support beams located every 2 feet along the cost to disable the plates from sending it into the Pacific. It won’t cost as much as the governors actions, inactions, recall, antics, and scandals. I’m sure his hollyweird cabal will help.
Hypodermic needles discarded on the street are actually darts that would safely go into dart boards. It is the fault of the police that they don’t post dart boards on every block so the homeless can play darts and help the environment…
Whatever the restrictions imposed, Bumble Bee Tuna will be the least hardest hit.
Invertebrate human waste deserves protection and dignity. Little tombstones will mark the ones that get stepped on, with survivors benefits doled out to the poor moms and pops of those innocent victims, now deemed a type of squash.
the Endangered Feces Act
Next they will rule that Lucky Charms are NOT magically delicious…
the horror…the horror..