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David James

Hawaii seal attacker named as Seattle resident Igor Lytvynchuk and officially charged, potentially facing 2 years in prison

38-year-old Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk of Covington, Washington will rue the day he chose to throw a rock at a seal that was minding its own business.

The seal, an endangered monk seal named Lani, who is beloved by the local community, was doing her thing swimming along the shoreline, when Lytvynchuk – for reasons known only to his twisted mind – picked up a large rock and hurled it at her.

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