HILDALE — A woman whose two dogs were shot by police after they escaped from her property and bit a teenage girl is facing allegations of animal cruelty after police say they found multiple malnourished dogs in her yard.

Karen Harris, 48, of Hildale, was charged Monday in Utah’s 5th District Court with two counts of cruelty to an animal, a third-degree felony, and nine additional counts of cruelty to an animal and allowing a vicious animal to go at large, class B misdemeanors.

On Dec. 4, two dogs escaped from Harris’ property “and one had attacked and bitten a 16-year-old girl. Law enforcement observed the girl’s leg and saw a bite mark which was bleeding,” according to charging documents.

When officers found the dogs, the animals charged at the officers who “were forced to shoot the dogs multiple times, killing one of them, in order to protect themselves,” the charges state. The second dog was able to flee the area but later died.

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Written by PAT REAVY, KSL.com.