The Illinois Department of Natural Resources confirmed that it had received reports of dead mallard ducks in DuSable Harbor and picked up carcasses Aug. 21 for diagnostic testing. Advocates and other experts, however, suspect that the birds succumbed to avian botulism. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
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