SALT LAKE CITY — Box Elder County sheriff’s police K-9 Azula and her partner were reunited on Tuesday with the caregivers who helped save the dog’s life after she was injured in a Tremonton domestic violence shooting that killed two officers.

Intermountain Health’s air transport program took the dog to a veterinary hospital as part of a program specifically designed to help K-9s injured in the line of duty and provide specialized transport and trauma care to public safety animals that are injured.

The 3-year-old female Belgian Malinois was flown to MedVet, a Salt Lake City animal hospital, on Aug. 17, and has recovered and returned to duty.

Katie Dawson, a veterinarian at MedVet who treated Azula, said everything went smoothly and the dog was “a terrific patient.”

“I’m so proud of our

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