South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday reiterated her defense of shooting and killing her family’s dog, which she will reportedly detail in a forthcoming book.
Nomu, who is considered former President Donald Trump’s running mate, said in an interview with Fox News that the dog is “very dangerous.”
“This dog came to us from a family who found the dog too aggressive,” Noem said, adding that on the day of the killing, the dog “slaughtered” the neighbor’s livestock.
Noem said her 14-month-old dog is a “working dog” and “not a puppy.”
“At the time, I had young children and we had a lot of young children working around our business and our employees, so I wanted to make sure they were safe,” Noem told Fox News. told Sean Hannity.
The South Dakota governor said he included the anecdote in his book “because it’s filled with tough, challenging decisions that I’ve had to make throughout my life.”
The Guardian first reported Noem’s testimony that she shot her dog after obtaining a copy of a book scheduled to be published next week. The story described an instance in which the dog Cricket killed a family’s chickens. In his book, Noem reportedly described the dog as “worthless” and “untrainable.”
When Noem decided to kill her dog, she grabbed a gun and led the dog into a gravel pit, the report said.
Noem faced harsh criticism after the Guardian article, but has repeatedly defended her actions.
Sunday, Nomu repeated Her decision “wasn’t easy, but the easy way is often not the right way.”
In response to the Guardian’s article, a series of politicians posted pictures of their dogs with the caption: “Please post a picture of your dog without shooting it or throwing it in a gravel pit.”
