"Even a small amount can kill them." Ingesting the plant can also poison humans, pets, and livestock, according to the FWP. Yew poisonings are especially dangerous when winter snows push wildlife ...

BOISE — 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 Feb. 3. They followed as the ...

Nearly all parts of the plant — including the needles ... Ingesting less than 2 ounces of yew can kill an adult. In the last several years, hundreds of elk, deer and pronghorn across Southern ...

Yew is an evergreen shrub with flat leaves and small needles ... roughly 1 percent of an elk's overall body weight is enough to kill the animal. “The elk we necropsied here at the wildlife ...