Hawaii residents sick of early crowing and aggressive pecking could be allowed to kill wild chickens

Описание: (19 Feb 2026)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE - Honolulu - December 29 2024
1. Feral chickens roaming under a rainbow in a Honolulu park.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honolulu - 6 February 2026
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mason Aiona, resident:
"Yeah, 3:30 in the morning they start making noise."
3. Chickens
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mason Aiona, resident:
"It's, it's almost like I have to be - I have to watch for them because they'll come in - they come in the yard, they walk in my... I want going in my garage. And make any noise."
5. Chickens roaming
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mason Aiona, resident:
"I can't stand that. How to get rid of them."
7. Chickens on a lawn

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honolulu - 11 February 2026
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Claudia Kuoha-Virtudes, resident:
"4 o'clock, 5 o'clock is when they start conversing with each other."
9. Chickens on a street
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Claudia Kuoha-Virtudes, resident:
"When I say they started becoming a problem 5 years out with the crowing. The thing is that people were dumping the chickens."
11. Chicken near a home
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Claudia Kuoha-Virtudes, resident:
"You know, you call the state, they tell you, the state and the city, yeah, they're gonna come out, they're gonna send somebody out. They're gonna eradicate. It doesn't get eradicated. It multiplies and multiplies and multiplies."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE - Honolulu - December 29 2024
13. Chickens and rainbow

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honolulu - 11 February 2026
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Claudia Kuoha-Virtudes, resident:
"Honestly, they need to disappear. I mean, it is a nuisance. Like, you gotta get rid of them. There's a place for them and it's not here at the park."
15. Chicken digging for food
STORYLINE:
Hawaii lawmakers are weighing tougher ways to deal with feral chickens, as residents complain about noise, mess, and growing flocks.

Residents and lawmakers describe neighborhoods in Honolulu where roosters crow at 3 a.m. and birds dig up yards. A bill would let residents kill chickens. Others label them a controllable pest on public land.

Another measure fines people who feed or release them. Some animal advocates are pushing back. Honolulu offers a program to trap chickens on private property, but it costs money and complaints about feral chickens keep rising.

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