In late May, a family’s pet duck and chicken were killed in Portage Park. But before Henry the duck died, he mated with his partner, Winona.

Out of a clutch of seven eggs, two friendly ducklings have joined the family’s backyard menagerie. Clover and Henry, who was named after his dad, were born at the beginning of June, said Elizabeth Pabello, the owner of the ducklings.

“At first I thought, ‘I don’t really know if I could do this’,” Pabello, 50, said of her experience raising the new ducklings. “I didn’t know if I could keep them here anymore.”

A 15-year-old has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty and one count of misdemeanor criminal trespassing, police said. Police said the boy allegedly entered the backyard and killed Henry along with a chicken named Pe

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