Washington man's attorney claims rock-throwing incident was attempt to protect sea turtles

On a Maui shoreline, a moment of misplaced instinct — a rock thrown, a seal startled, a phone camera rolling — has become a federal case that asks how the law weighs ignorance against harm. Igor Lytvynchuk, a Washington businessman, now faces charges under two of the nation's most consequential wildlife protection statutes after beachgoers captured him harassing one of the world's rarest marine mammals. His defense rests not on denial but on the ancient and complicated claim that he meant well — that he was protecting, not attacking. The case quietly poses a question society has long struggled