The West Coast tourist who lobbed a large rock at a Hawaiian seal was sent a bag of feces in the mail, his attorney has revealed.

Washington man Igor Lytvynchuk, 38, threw a rock at an endangered monk seal earlier this month, drawing immediate fury from locals and a pending criminal case.

His attorney, Myles Breiner, told the Seattle Times Lytvynchuk has been brutally assaulted, doxxed, and has received hate mail since the incident. He said his client recently received a package of what appeared to be feces.

Breiner claimed his client was trying to protect sea turtles from the seal, which he misidentified as an aggressive sea lion. “So his response was not to hurt this monk seal, but to get it away from the turtles,” Breiner said.

His attorney claims he’s being mistreated because he’s white. “The vast majority of attacks on monk seal and turtle are by locals,” he said.

The man who beat up Lytvynchuk, who declined to press charges against him, is being hailed as a hero.

The viral clip of the act of citizen justice shows a shirtless man approaching the Seattle man from behind and knocking him down in a flurry of blows.

The footage quickly scored thousands of likes and comments praising the local for helping dish out karma.

The beat-down also grabbed the attention of state Sen. Brenton Awa (R-23rd Dist.), who showed off a letter of recognition for the anonymous seal advocate during a state meeting.

“Some of us have seen environmental activists [sic], I like to call them, who took matters into his own hands to educate what might happen when you mess with our lands or the animals,” Awa said.

“Our attorney over here wants to make it clear we don’t condone violence, but we did make a letter of recognition for Mr. Ambassador of Aloha.

“And I do just want to say that from our caucus, we see this all the time with people with a different type of mentality coming in and destroying our stuff, essentially, in this case, animals. But we’d like at least the airline to play this type of video on all flights incoming so people don’t do this kind of stuff,” he added.

The destructive tourist, who hasn’t been publicly identified, was detained for questioning following the outrage, the Hawaii Department of Natural Resources said.

He was later released after he requested legal counsel. No criminal charges have been filed against him yet, authorities said.

Maui Mayor Richard Bissen previously blasted the rock-lobbing man.

“Let me be clear, this is not the kind of visitor we welcome on Maui,” Bissen said. “We welcome respectful visitors that understand that our cultural environment and wildlife must be treated with care and aloha. Behavior like this will not be tolerated.”

The mayor — a former judge and prosecutor — said the alleged attack struck a particularly personal chord for many in the community.

“Since Lani’s return to Lahaina following the 2023 wildfires, members of the Mayor’s team and residents alike have watched over and cared deeply for her,” Maui County said in an Instagram post.

Lytvynchuk has been charged with violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and could face up to one year in prison if convicted.

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