Five elk calves died last month after browsing on highly toxic landscape shrubs in a subdivision south of Missoula, Montana—according to a press release issued by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) ...

But they didn’t realize that the transplanted bush in their back yard was a yew, a plant with many varieties — nearly all of them toxic to wildlife, people and dogs. Seven mule deer died after ...

Homeowner Jerry Smith and Idaho Fish and Game conservation officer Ben Cadwallader watched a mule deer eat from the poisonous yew bush in Smith’s back yard. They followed as the deer ran over a hill.