- K9 Azula and her handler Mike Allred were reunited with her caregivers at Intermountain Health Flight and Ambulance Service and MedVet Salt Lake City three weeks after a shooting that injured them and killed two other officers.
- Azula was the first K9 to be transported by helicopter as part of a unique Intermountain program which began in February 2024.
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…