Rocker Billy Idol once had to be subdued by Thai police with a tranquilizer dart after he partied for three weeks in a Bangkok hotel suite. Billy Idol did go to Thailand in 1989 on a self-described, ...

FUKUSHIMA—A bear that was trapped in a factory here after attacking four people outwitted a city-led capture team by unlatching a window and slipping into the night, officials said.

There were a few tense moments Friday morning when a mountain lion who had been hit by a tranquilizer dart in San Francisco's Outer Sunset neighborhood tried to make a break for it. Drew Andre reports ...

ALBANY - A bear in a tree on Second Avenue climbed higher out of reach after being struck by a tranquilizer dart fired by a responding officer Tuesday morning. The dart was fired around 11:40 a.m.

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 ...

Re “The SDPD’s freeway fiasco” (Dec. 12): It seems to me that the proper response to someone threatening to jump onto a freeway should be to:1) Get the cushion into position.2) Tell the potential ...

DENVER — A grand jury indictment released Friday includes new details on how investigators connected Barry Morphew to an animal tranquilizer called BAM that was found in the bones of his wife, Suzanne ...