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Two dogs were shot Monday night in the Hunt Club area after responding police officers were attacked by one of the animals before they could rescue a woman being mauled by the second dog.

The dog that left a 44-year-old woman with “severe” injuries including bites to her face, neck and arms was killed.

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The woman was in serious but stable condition on arrival at the trauma centre, paramedics said.

Patrol officers responded to a report that someone was screaming at a home on Athans Avenue near Bank Street just before 11 p.m.

As officers arrived on the scene, they were “immediately attacked by a large aggressive dog,” police said. They shot the dog, which retreated into the home.

Officers then discovered a second dog was mauling a person outside the home.

They shot and killed it “to prevent it from further injuring this person.” The officers were unhurt.

The injured dog was taken to a vet for treatment and it and two other dogs found at the scene are in “protective care,” said Roger Chapman, the city’s director of bylaw and regulatory services.