The arrogant US tourist who cruelly hurled a rock at a beloved Hawaiian monk seal named Lani was arrested by federal agents Wednesday a week after he claimed he’d get away with the alleged animal abuse because he’s “rich.”
Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, was charged with harassing a protected animal for tossing a massive rock at the endangered seal as she swam along the shoreline off Front Street in Lahaina last Tuesday, according to footage of the repulsive act and the US Attorney’s Office in Honolulu.
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