South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem — a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — is getting attention again.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20120801

The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem’s soon-to-be released book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.” In it, she tells the story of the ill-fated Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer she was training for pheasant hunting.

On the way home from the hunting trip, Noem writes that she stopped to talk to a family. Cricket got out of Noem’s truck and attacked and killed some of the family’s chickens, then bit the governor.

“At that moment,” Noem writes, “I realized I had to put her down.” She led Cricket to a gravel pit and killed her.

She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it has to be done. But backlash was swift against the Republican governor, who just a month ago drew attention and criticism for posting an infomercial-like video about cosmetic dental surgery she received out-of-state.

  • @ParabolicMotionEnglish
    2•1 month ago

    I don’t think a veterinarian would vote for her. When a veterinarian decides to euthanize an animal, it is usually because someone has been attacked and has been admitted to a hospital, with documentation to detail the extent of the injuries. A police report is usually filed, and then the police typically cite the owner. I’m pretty sure it is put before a judge, with regard to whether or not euthanasia is necessary. At that point, a veterinarian would then euthanize the dog through an IV. I don’t think shooting a dog, on the spot, is recommended by a veterinarian.

    You know who shoots a dog? Someone who has stumbled upon a dog that is so badly injured from an accident, that it’s dying, and no local veterinary clinic is open, or available to euthanize it.

    This woman needs a mental health evaluation.