AB 1722: California Endangered Species Act: take prohibition: self-defense.

<p>The California Endangered Species Act prohibits harming endangered or threatened species, with exceptions. Assembly Bill 1722 proposes adding an exception where individuals can use necessary and reasonable force to protect themselves, their family, or others from immediate bodily harm caused by listed animals without facing civil, administrative, or criminal penalties.</p> <p>The bill also mandates that anyone who takes or attempts to take a protected species under these circumstances must notify the Department of Fish and Wildlife within 24 hours. Violating this notification requirement would be considered a crime.</p>