Hawaii Monk Seal Video: Seattle Tourist Faces Federal Probe After Rock Thrown at Lani
LAHAINA, Hawaii, May 11, 2026, 03:07 HST A federal criminal investigation is under way after a viral video appeared to show a man throwing a large rock toward Lani, an endangered Hawaiian monk seal, off Lahaina’s Front Street. Hawaii News Now reported that NOAA, the federal agency that enforces marine mammal laws, has taken the lead; Maui Mayor Richard Bissen
