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    It’s rare that the books written by politicians aspiring to higher office include anything interesting, so give South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem credit: She got people to pay attention to her soon-to-be-released entry in this sleep-inducing genre. And all it took was shooting a dog in the head. The Guardian was the first to get its hands on Noem’s account of the dog’s demise. The ill-fated wirehaired pointer, a puppy named Cricket, was difficult to control, it wasn’t taking well to being trained...

  • Kristi Noem’s story of killing her dog points to class two misdemeanor

    South Dakota governor’s account of family dog Cricket killing neighbor’s chickens may be an offence, according to state lawKristi Noem, the South Dakota governor and Republican vice-presidential hopeful, may have committed a class two misdemeanor offence when her fated dog Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehair pointer Noem deemed “untrainable” for hunting pheasant, killed a neighbor’s chickens.Under South Dakota law, “any person owning, keeping, or harboring a dog that chases, worries, injures, or...

  • S.D. Gov. Kristi Noem defends killing dog she said was dangerous

    April 27 (UPI) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is defending her actions in killing a dog that she considered dangerous and untrainable after her own account of the incident drew scrutiny and criticism. In Noem’s pending book, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, she mentions putting […] The post S.D. Gov. Kristi Noem defends killing dog she said was dangerous first appeared on Gephardt Daily.