Tourist Charged With Throwing Rock at Endangered Seal
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May 14, 2026
A tourist who drew widespread condemnation in Hawaii after a witness recorded him chucking a coconut-sized rock at "Lani," a beloved, endangered Hawaiian monk seal off a Maui beach, was arrested Wednesday by federal agents. Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, is charged with harassing a protected animal, the...
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