Defense Attorney Says Washington Man Accused in Monk Seal Incident 'Never Intended to Injure' the Animal

US agents arrest tourist after video shows a rock hurled at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal's head

A tourist from Washington state is facing federal charges after a witness recorded what prosecutors say was a video of him hurling a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, from Washington state, is accused of…

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Attorney Myles Breiner loses any credibility by claiming that Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk had no intention of harming the monk seal. We all saw the video: the rock was huge, luckily it just missed the seal by inches. No judge, jury and the state of Hawaii would believe any excuse that they can come up with or what they claim is perceived to be. Everyone wants him to pay for what he did.

Visitor had no intention of harming monk seal, attorney says

The 38-year-old man from Washington state facing federal charges for allegedly throwing a rock at a Hawaiian monk seal off Lahaina this month did not know it is an endangered species, regrets his actions and had no intention of harming the marine mammal, according to his attorney. Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk of Covington, Wash., will enter a not guilty plea May 27 when he appears in U.S. District Court in Honolulu, said Hono­lulu defense attorn…

Defense attorney explains why rock was hurled at endangered monk seal

They also won't press charges against the man who assaulted Lytvynchuk.

Defense attorney says Washington man accused in monk seal incident 'never intended to injure' the animal

The defense attorney representing a Washington state man accused of throwing a rock toward an endangered Hawaiian monk seal off Maui said his client never intended to harm the animal and believed he was trying to protect nearby sea turtles.

'He thought he was helping:' Defense revealed in monk seal case

Igor Lytvynchuk, a Washington state man, is facing charges for throwing a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Maui, with his attorney claiming he never intended to injure the animal and was trying to protect sea turtles.