Man caught on video grabbing sea turtle on Hawaii beach for photo

HAWAII (KABC) -- A antheral was caught connected video picking up a oversea turtle connected a formation successful Hawaii, sparking outrage among many.

In the video, the antheral is seen grabbing and propping the carnal up truthful a pistillate tin instrumentality a picture. He past drops it backmost onto the soil and pats the oversea turtle connected its back.

"My bosom stopped... It was disturbing, disgusting," said marine beingness advocate, Melina Clark. "It conscionable showed erstwhile again that present we are successful 2025, thing has improved."

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles are protected nether some authorities instrumentality and the national Endangered Species Act. Even approaching 1 excessively intimately tin effect successful a citation.

Harassing them is punishable by up to 1 twelvemonth successful jailhouse successful summation to a fine.

Conservation officers person taken a study and accidental they are successful the aboriginal stages of their investigation.