Kauai
Kauai, HAWAII — Thousands of wild rose-ringed parakeets with bright green feathers and brilliant red beaks obliterate hotel parking lots and vehicles daily with their poop.
And they are a bane to farmers and backyard growers, decimating corn crops and fruit trees to satisfy a taste for citrus,...
Kauai, HAWAII — A cluster of four suicides in seven days on Kauai has raised the alarm on the Garden Isle among mental health professionals and community advocates.
The four deaths were all young men in their 20s or 30s with no known connection between them.
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has sparked...

![On Kauai, the invasive rose-ringed parakeet population explosion is threatening small farmers’ crops. The birds have been observed devouring fruits including longan, lychee, mango, orange and corn seed. [photo courtesy: Arindam Aditya/2021 via Civil Beat] Parakeet eating a mango](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/wild_parakeet_in_hawaii_web.jpg?itok=TSgJtIE2)
![Kauai County Councilman Mason Chock said economic pressures already in existence before the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a culture of secrecy and stigma about mental health matters, are contributing factors to Kauai’s suicide problem. [photo: via Honolulu Civil Beat] Kauai County Councilman Mason Chock](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/kauai_coucilman_chock.jpg?itok=UiR2JpmI)