chicagotribune.com - Travel: Man fined $100 for touching endangered Hawaiian monk seal

chicagotribune.com - Travel Headlines from chicagotribune.com Man fined $100 for touching endangered Hawaiian monk seal 23 Jun 2011, 10:34 pm By Associated Press 4:34 p.m. CDT, June 23, 2011 HONOLULU (AP) — Touching an endangered Hawaiian monk seal will cost a 19-year-old man $100. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday that Cameron Cayaban pleaded guilty in federal court to harassing, harming or pursuing an endangered species. A federal magistrate judged imposed $100 in fines and fees. Cayaban was charged with slapping a Hawaiian monk seal at Kalaeloa's White Plains Beach in March. His lawyer says Cayaban was overcome when he saw the seal, ran up to the endangered animal and touched it. Witnesses reported it to military police. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.