檀香山野鸡泛滥成灾 市府吁请居民游客停止投喂
夏威夷州檀香山市消息，檀香山市政府11月7日发出呼吁，请居民和游客不要再投喂岛上数量失控的野生鸡群。市顾客服务局表示，野鸡已在欧胡岛多地成患，不仅彻夜啼叫扰民，还翻毁庭院花草、随地排泄，破坏财物并带来卫生隐患，鸡群还会在居民区翻找食物、啄食花园植物，甚至惊扰家养宠物。市府已在公园和公共交通张贴“请勿投喂野鸡”标语，发布动画公益广告，并在多地布设捕捉陷阱，但部分陷阱遭人为破坏，治理效果打了折扣。市顾客服务局局长Kim Hashiro说，工作人员一边捕捉野鸡、一边开展宣传，但这个问题市府一家无法单独解决，需要公众配合。野鸡问题已困扰欧胡岛居民多年，一些居民此前已向州议员求助；2022年州议会曾提出拨款治理的法案，但最终未能通过。报道还提到，斗鸡在夏威夷仅被列为轻罪而非重罪。市府提醒，投喂只会让鸡群继续扩大，呼吁大家共同维护社区环境。
Feral Chickens Overrun Honolulu; City Asks Residents and Visitors to Stop Feeding Them
HONOLULU, Hawaii — The City of Honolulu appealed on November 7 for residents and visitors to stop feeding the island's out-of-control feral chickens. The city's Department of Customer Services says the birds have become a scourge across Oahu: crowing through the night, tearing up yards and gardens, fouling walkways, damaging property and creating health hazards, while foraging through neighborhoods, pecking at garden plants and even harassing pets. The city has posted 'do not feed' signs in parks and on public transit, released an animated public-service spot and set traps in multiple locations, though some traps have been vandalized, blunting the effort. Customer Services Director Kim Hashiro said crews are trapping birds while running public education, but the city cannot solve the problem alone and needs the public's cooperation. Feral chickens have plagued Oahu residents for years; some have previously appealed to state lawmakers, and a 2022 funding bill in the legislature ultimately failed. Cockfighting in Hawaii, the report noted, is only a misdemeanor rather than a felony. The city warns that feeding only grows the flocks and asks everyone to help keep neighborhoods livable.
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图片来源：图：夏威夷檀香山的野生鸡（资料图）。Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Photo: Feral chickens in Honolulu, Hawaii (file photo). Via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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