The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne last week for missing a May 8 deadline to decide whether a petition seeking protection for walruses under the Endangered Species Act had merit. Walruses are threatened by melting Arctic sea ice as a result of global warming, said the group, which has also filed petitions to protect Arctic seals.
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