Some contained carfentanyl, which is 10,000 times stronger than morphine and often used to tranquillize elephants. Health officials and police have warned heroin users to be "extra careful".

Soon, thousands of people gathered to shout and jeer at the animals. The forest department was able to tranquillize one of the five pachyderms, but one got trapped opposite the college campus.

With Siddhu's help, Parthi manages to tranquillize the hyena. He purposely avoids public attention over this incident and adopts the hyena after it calms down. READ ALSO: Lokesh Kanagaraj ...

Permission was granted on the condition that an effort be made to tranquillize or capture the leopard. If efforts to capture the leopard fail, its correct identification must be confirmed before ...

Six strikers were jailed, including Mr Tomlinson and his comrade Des Warren, who later died of Parkinson’s disease attributed to his jailers’ regular use of a “chemical cosh” — a cocktail of drugs ...

So why did the vets not tranquillize it, many asked? It all depends on how the science of tranquilising works on different species. I once watched from a helicopter as KWS vets pursued a ...