Man being mauled by dogs shoots and kills one of them, Utah police say

UPDATE: The two other dogs were taken to a local vet to be put down “due to the severity of the attack,” Animal Care of Davis County said. The dogs did not have their rabies vaccines and are being sent for rabies testing. The dogs involved in the attack tested positive for canine parvovirus, officials said, a “highly contagious” virus, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

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A man fatally shot a dog after it attacked him and another man, Utah police said.

Three dogs were attacking two men who lived in the area on Nov. 5, according to a Facebook post by the Clinton City Police Department.

One of the victims fired a gun toward two of the dogs, fatally hitting one of them before officers got there, police said. The other two dogs involved in the attack ran away.

Both men had non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

One man was sent to a local hospital, and the other was treated at the scene, officials said.

Officers, with the help of Davis County Animal Control, identified the owner and later found out one of the dogs was still missing, the post said.

Police announced Nov. 6 that the third dog had been found.

Clinton is about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City.

This story was originally published November 6, 2023 at 11:39 AM with the headline "Man being mauled by dogs shoots and kills one of them, Utah police say."