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I have found May Apples in a paddock I am fencing in.  I was planning on removing them.  Now I figure it doesn't hurt to ask if I need to.  The paddock, at some point, will be used for pigs or goats.
 
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No personal experience with them, but this would encourage removal:

https://www.cbif.gc.ca/eng/species-bank/canadian-poisonous-plants-information-system/all-plants-common-name/may-apple/?id=1370403266933

Among other information, it claims most discouragingly:

'Swine
General symptoms of poisoning:
Death'
 
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Hi d

Thanks. As I posted, that was my original intent. The I began to wonder if I was over reacting.  
 
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