City Urges Public Cooperation To Combat Feral Chicken Problems

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City Urges Public Cooperation To Combat Feral Chicken Problems
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City Urges Public Cooperation To Combat Feral Chicken Problems
Cty and County of Honolulu - Department of Customer Services

HONOLULU —The City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Customer Services is reminding Oʻahu residents that public cooperation is essential to controlling the island’s feral chicken population, as ongoing interference with trapping efforts continues to undermine the City’s progress.

The City has implemented several targeted measures to address the problem, including installing “Do Not Feed Feral Chicken” signs in public parks and on City buses, deploying specialized traps in problem areas, and offering discounted trapping and disposal services for private-property owners.

While these coordinated efforts have reduced official complaints about feral chickens on public property, the City’s pest-control contractor continues to face significant challenges because of public interference.

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In some cases, individuals have vandalized or tampered with traps, released captured chickens, and continued feeding feral flocks. These actions directly undermine the City’s efforts to control the population and allow the problem to persist.

Feeding feral chickens is particularly problematic because it encourages the birds to congregate and remain in areas where they create ongoing nuisances, including excessive crowing, damage to public spaces, unsanitary conditions caused by droppings, and disturbances involving household pets.

“While crews are actively trapping feral chickens and putting up educational signage, this is an issue the city simply cannot tackle alone,” said Department of Customer Services Director Kim Hashiro, who oversees the city’s animal-control program. “We need every segment of our community – from residents to business owners – to help us by not feeding these birds and letting our pest-control teams do their jobs safely.”

The City is urging residents to help address the problem by refraining from feeding feral chickens, leaving traps undisturbed, and allowing authorized pest-control crews to carry out their work.

For more information, visit www.honolulu.gov/csd/feral-chickens/.

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