In the movies, when an animal gets shot with a tranquilizer dart, it succumbs quickly. That’s not how it goes with Scrim, the Crescent City’s celebrated escape-artist dog. When Scrim was stung with ...

It was 5 a.m. on a July morning on Banks Street. Using a tranquilizer dart gun that looked like an assault rifle, a volunteer veterinarian drew a bead on a wire-haired terrier mix named Scrim. The dog ...

Animal Services officers from the Napa County Sheriff’s Office twice used a stun gun on a stray pit bull and later shot it with a tranquilizer dart Tuesday morning, authorities said. The Sheriff’s ...

Stray dogs are a regular sight in many U.S. cities. Most fly under the radar, but one dog in New Orleans has made a name for himself for his ability to evade capture at every turn. Matt Bloom with ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A scruffy little fugitive is on the lam again in New Orleans, gaining fame as he outwits a tenacious band of citizens armed with night-vision binoculars, nets and a tranquilizer ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. For months, a fugitive dog known as Scrim has transfixed the city of New Orleans and gained growing fame as a tenacious band of ...

For months, a fugitive dog known as Scrim has transfixed the city of New Orleans and gained growing fame as a tenacious band of citizens wielding a tranquilizer dart gun and night vision binoculars ...