Hours after a suicidal man unleashed dozens of his exotic animals on Muskingum County, a veterinarian drew close to a 300-pound tiger and shot it in the neck with a tranquilizer dart. The dart’s ...

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - It's not shoot to kill, it's shoot to tranquilize. Full-time officers with Columbus County Animal Control are training on how to effectively use tranquilizing darts to ...

Animal lovers are stunned and saddened by the tragic massacre of dozens of privately owned exotic animals whose owner, Terry Thompson, set them free before he killed himself with a shotgun. On Oct. 19 ...

As a scientist conducting a study on the population of polar bears in north Greenland, part of Kristin Laidre's job involves going up in a helicopter and tranquilizing the animals so they can be ...