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DuPage to test for deer-killing disease

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Twenty deer will be culled over the next three weeks from Mallard Lake and Hawk Hollow forest preserves near Hanover Park as part of an effort to determine if chronic wasting disease has spread to DuPage County.

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A fatal neurological disorder capable of devastating deer populations may have spread to DuPage County’s forest preserves. The forest preserve district is working with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to do additional testing for chronic wasting disease after an infected deer was found in Mallard Lake Forest Preserve near Hanover Park.

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