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Five French bulldog puppies were stolen from a Lethbridge home, and their owner, in a frantic pursuit, was struck by the fleeing vehicle, say police in the southern Alberta city.

Investigators said on Sunday just before 1:30 p.m., a couple responding to a Kijiji ad advertising the three-week-old puppies for sale visited the woman’s home on Trent Rd.

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The owner left the room where the couple were viewing the puppies and came back to find they had fled the home with the canines.

Police said the owner followed the duo in her vehicle and pursued it to the intersection of McMaster Blvd. and Whoop-Up Dr., where she attempted to open the door of the suspects’ newer model silver Jeep — thought to be a 2015 or 2016 model — with a broken driver’s side mirror.

The Jeep peeled away, dragging the puppies’ owner about 30 feet and hitting her, leaving her in hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police said the vehicle was last seen heading eastbound on Whoop-Up Dr.