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This Concurrent Resolution requests the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS), working with the Department of Agriculture (DOA), to implement pigeon birth control strategies around the State Capitol in Hawaii. The resolution highlights that pigeons have become a significant problem, with their droppings damaging the Capitol building, which is a central government location and will soon reopen to the public. It notes that current methods like trapping and poisoning are insufficient and can harm the environment and other animals. Instead, the resolution advocates for a humane and safer long-term solution using a birth control drug called nicarbazin, specifically in a product called OvoControl P, which is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and has been used successfully elsewhere. The DOA is also asked to obtain a special registration from the EPA to allow the use of OvoControl P for this purpose.