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mystery-ak:
PETA calls Noem a ‘psychotic loony’ for deadly dog story
By
Elaine Mallon
April 26, 2024 7:04 pm
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Animal rights nonprofit group PETA has strongly condemned Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) after she recently shared a story about her killing her 14-month-old dog, “Cricket,” for his lousy hunting skills.

The story is published in her book No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward and was intended to show that when it came to politics or personal life, she wasn’t afraid of getting “messy and ugly.” It instead garnered sharp criticism from animal lovers everywhere. 

“Most Americans love their dogs, and we suspect that they will consider Gov. Noem a psychotic loony for letting this rambunctious puppy loose on chickens and then punishing her by deciding to personally blow her brains out rather than attempting to train her or find a more responsible guardian who would provide her with a proper home,” PETA Senior Director Colleen O’Brien said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “Gov. Noem obviously fails to understand the vital political concepts of education, cooperation, compromise, and compassion.

Noem decided to shoot Cricket after the dog killed a local family’s chickens after a pheasant hunting trip and then bit her when she tried to intervene. Noem said she “hated that dog” and deemed it “less than worthless” for being unable to hunt properly.

After taking the dog to a gravel pit and shooting it, she also shot a goat she owned, which she said stunk and was “nasty and mean.”

Later on, her daughter arrived home and asked where Cricket was.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/2981722/peta-noem-psychotic-loony-deadly-dog-story/

libertybele:
Why she would bring up shooting animals in a book about politics to convey she's not afraid of getting messy or ugly is a bit of a concern.  I haven't read the book and perhaps what she was trying to convey was taken out of context? 

the OlLine Rebel:
Maybe it was a bit over the top.

But what I see is someone being worried about a dog having killed someone else’s property, getting a taste for it, and then lashing out at her in the process.

My dad would approve.  Their backwoods Maine huge family loved their dogs, small hunting dogs, but had no sentimental illusions about them.  Very practical.

Sure, you might say they could turn it over to the pound or otherwise try to pawn off the dog on someone else.  But that wasn’t the mindset so much.  And frankly, I’m tired of people strictly judging others by their strict milquetoast view of everything these days.

roamer_1:
No problemo.

Of course you shoot the dog.

roamer_1:
Get out of town a mile or two and a dog that chases livestock - not to mention killing them - Is automatically and rightfully dispatched.

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