tranquilize

Zadeh said it was shortly before 1 p.m. when deputies were called to assist after a fish and game warden tried to tranquilize the big cat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

Since then, local forest authorities are trying to tranquilize the remaining cheetahs to check for any diseases.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 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

The sheep, out of its element and skittish from the crashing waves, ruined the first day of the session, so a veterinarian was called in to tranquilize the animal for day two.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

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 yearlings were tranquilized and will be released elsewhere if rabies is not detected in the sow, Game Commission spokesperson Travis Lau said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 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

As for my mother, she was tranquilized, and remembers only that the pressure in her eyes made Father Mike’s face appear oddly elongated, like a priest in a painting by El Greco.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The same doesn’t apply to reading, but there is a category of book known to combine tranquilizing and entertaining properties.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022

Unlike most activists, and even some of his own colleagues, Karanth says that shooting is generally the most effective solution because of the challenges inherent in tranquilizing and then relocating a wild tiger.

From Salon ● May 18, 2022

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

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 4, 2022

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

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