A Washington man has been arrested by federal agents after a tourist was filmed hurling a rock at an endangered seal in Hawaii .

​Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk has been charged with harassing and attempting to harass an endangered Hawaiian monk seal, in violation of the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act.

The 38 year-old from Covington was detained by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration special agents on Wednesday near Seattle .

According to prosecutors, Lytvynchuk flung the rock at a seal known as “Lani” a week prior on May 5.

Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk has been charged after a video showed a man hurling a rock at an endangered seal (U.S.…