Enviros Sue To Add The Pacific Walrus To The Threatened List

Emboldened by the pointless addition of the polar bear to the list, enviros now want to add another species that is probably not truly threatened and in fact may be thriving.
Seems like they’re getting a little ahead of themselves since they have no clue how many walruses there are. But – they’re not about to let a little thing like a lack of facts get in their way:

A conservation group gave notice Tuesday that it will sue to force federal action on a petition to list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species because of threats from global warming and offshore petroleum development.

They’ll stop at nothing to keep new sources of oil from being developed. Get this statement:

Shaye Wolf, a biologist and lead author of the petition, said Arctic sea ice is disappearing faster than the best predictions of climate models.
“As the sea ice recedes, so does the future of the Pacific walrus,” she said.

Note that she doesn’t actually say that the animal itself is disappearing. Just ice. And while the Environazis were able to make their case that polar bears depend on ice to find their main food source, seals, walruses feed on the sea bed. As far as current numbers go?

As many as 6,000 walruses late last summer and fall abandoned the remaining ice, which covered deep water, and congregated on Alaska’s northwest shore.

If that many congregate in one place I’m not real sure just how they’re threatened. And one more thing: That species has been around for a long, long time. It went through warm periods in the past and survived just fine, thank you.
Why don’t these people just come up front with their real agenda?