Hawaiian official endorses “find out” as wildlife enforcement strategy

Not many public-service campaigns can be summarized as “don’t assault endangered wildlife unless you enjoy becoming an instructional video,” but here we are.

After a tourist hurled a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal, one local resident reportedly responded with the kind of rapid peer review that skips the comment section entirely, and a Hawaii state senator gave him an award for the effort.

Awa called the vigilante an “ambassador of aloha” for taking matters into his own hands and what he viewed as ed…