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Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian, invented the tranquilliser gun (died 2008)
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Colin Murdoch
New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian
Colin Albert Murdoch was a New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian who made a number of significant inventions, in particular the tranquilliser gun, the disposable hypodermic syringe and the child-proof medicine container. He had a total of 46 patents registered in his name.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dart gun
Non-lethal gun used to paralyze animals
A dart gun is an air rifle that fires a dart. The dart is tipped with a hypodermic needle and filled with a sedative, vaccine or antibiotic. A dart gun containing a sedative is called a tranquillizer gun, derived from the word "tranquil", which means "calm".Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)