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 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

How is it, en passant, that some animals are naturally fearless and tamable, others not; and that even in the same family? 

From At Last by Kingsley, Charles

And among fishes, the family of the Cyprinidae are the best adapted to our purpose; for we must select those which are both hardy and tamable.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various