Court Rules That Legally, Bees Can Be Classified as Fish

Corporations are people, bees are fish, and California is an entertaining mess.

In an incredibly roundabout and bureaucratic manner, a California appellate court ruled this week that bees can be classified as fish.

Although California's Department of Fish and Wildlife considers a number of bee species to be "endangered" there were no previous legal protections for them.

A number of lobbies in the state's agricultural industry argued that bees should be protected under the state's ESA.

Law & Crime points out that the Fish and Game Code of the state's ESA defines "fish" as anything that can be described as a wild fish.

Spineless

The Xerces Society argued in biology class that bees are not having spine. The district court agreed with the legal argument in 2020, but the higher court overturned the ruling and the bee stans sued again.

The appellate court said that the judiciary is asked to liberally apply the state's Endangered Species Act to make sure it works.

More trouble for this latest bee advocacy victory could be caused by the fact that 95 percent of all animal species are classified as invertebrate.

Things seem to be going swimmingly, depending on who you ask.

The California court paved the way for the protection of bumble bees and other insects.

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