tranquilizer

Example Sentences

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Zadeh said the cat eventually came to rest in the 2500 block of Pheasant Hill Road, where a second tranquilizer dart was shot, and this one hit its mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

So it hired a veterinarian who now goes out on the course, sneaking around and stalking kangaroos with a tranquilizer dart-gun.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2023

Officers scrambled to a veterinarian to get a tranquilizer gun and doses of the sedative, only to find that they did not need them.

From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023

The moose was sedated with a tranquilizer dart and loaded onto a trailer before being evaluated by a Game and Fish Department veterinarian and determined to be in good health.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Even Patrice always had assistants to back him up, and a tranquilizer gun.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer