Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A tranquilizer gun, capture gun or dart gun, is a non-lethal gun which is intended for capture via a special chemical. Tranquilizer guns shoot darts filled with tranquilizer that, when injected, temporarily sedate an animal so that it may be handled (or captured) safely. The tranquilizer can be a sedative, anaesthetic, or paralytic agent. Tranquilizer guns have a long history of being used to capture wildlife without injury. Tranquilizer darts can also be fired by crossbow or breath-powered blowgun. The tranquilizer gun was invented in the 1950s by New Zealander Colin Murdoch. While working with colleagues who were studying introduced wild goat and deer populations in New Zealand, Murdoch had the idea that the animals would be much easier to catch, examine and release if a dose of tranquilizer could be administered by projection from afar. Murdoch went on to develop a range of rifles, darts and pistols which have had an enormous impact on the treatment and study of animals around the world.

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