tamable

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But Mr. Carlson wound up being entirely tamable, while the more diminutive Mr. Loughlin lived like a wild man until his tragic death.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2015

It is more tamable and docile than the Himalayan Sun Bear, and is even more eccentric in its ways.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

Some species of the rhinoceros, if not all, seem to be tamable.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

It has the same destructive propensities, assembles also in vast numbers, and is equally carnivorous; but with all these, it is a more tamable and lovable animal.

From Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by Weir, Harrison

Take, for example, the common English name of this low-flying falcon, the most tamable and affectionate of his tribe, and therefore, I suppose, fastest vanishing from field and wood, the buzzard.

From Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by Ruskin, John