Source: Time
“South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a Republican and reported contender for Donald Trump’s Vice President pick in the 2024 election, has received pushback after admitting to killing her dog in her new memoir. After obtaining a copy of No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward ahead of its publication next month, the Guardian reported that Noem wrote she shot dead Cricket, a 14-month-old dog she had intended to train for hunting pheasant, after the canine ruined a hunt, killed another family’s chickens, and moved to bite her. … Noem said she told the story about Cricket to show that in politics and life, she was willing to do what was ‘difficult, messy, and ugly’ if it was necessary. The backlash from Democrats and conservatives alike has been swift.” (04/27/24)
https://time.com/6971773/kristi-noem-memoir-dog-kill-children-net-worth/