"Animals aren't familiar enough with the plant to know or teach their young that it's toxic." Homeowners urged to act after ...

and there was evidence of partially eaten shrubs in nearby yards. The yew plants were later removed from the homeowners' yards. Yew is an evergreen shrub with flat leaves and small needles ...

Necropsies conducted on two of the calves revealed high quantities of toxic Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) in their stomachs.