tranquilize

Officials from the town of Kleinmachnow said their goal was to tranquilize and capture the animal, rather than kill it.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

Human Rescue Alliance staffers were able to tranquilize the approximately 200- pound animal and load it into a huge metal crate.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

This let police, along with a veterinarian from the National Zoo and animal welfare activists from the Humane Rescue Alliance, tranquilize the bear at 10:15 a.m.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

After attempts to dart or tranquilize the mountain lion proved difficult, wildlife officials captured the animal across the street from the Brentwood Country Club shortly after 4 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

All she had done today was tranquilize a few dogs.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Wildlife officials successfully tranquilized a mountain lion that was spotted roaming in a front yard in Santa Monica, following several tense hours where residents were warned to stay indoors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

The animal was tranquilized again, then moved to a bear trap that had been placed on a trailer, the news outlet reported.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

The Japanese macaque, who some had nicknamed “Kingussie Kong,” was caught and tranquilized Thursday morning, after a member of public called a hotline to report it was eating from a bird feeder in their garden.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

FWC personnel were called to assist, and they safely tranquilized and captured the panther, according to WBBH-TV.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

He sleeps about as heavily as a tranquilized elephant.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

There, the researchers count bears, tranquilizing and tagging some to collect data about their health.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 4, 2022

Comprised of keratin — the substance in human fingernails — rhino horn can grow back after it is trimmed, an operation that entails tranquilizing the animal.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021

Tender but emphatic, Kong’s effect is equal parts fearsome and tranquilizing; in this stage version, we come to see the kinship between Kong and Ann not as a study in opposites but in shared alienation.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2018

In central Idaho, volunteers earlier this month rescued a horse stranded on a snowy mountain by tranquilizing it, placing it in a sling and then attaching it on a long line to a helicopter.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2017

When the public protests, confronted with some obvious evidence of damaging results of pesticide applications, it is fed little tranquilizing pills of half truth.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson