Kristi Noem Defends Deci­sion To Shoot Her Pup­py: ‘Had Shown Aggres­sive Behav­ior’

South Dako­ta Gov­er­nor Kristi Noem defend­ed on Sun­day her deci­sion to shoot and kill her pup­py after the rev­e­la­tion made head­lines last week when an excerpt of her new forth­com­ing book was pub­lished.
The Guardian report­ed on the inci­dent, which was includ­ed in an excerpt of her book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Pol­i­tics and How We Move Amer­i­ca For­ward”.
“Crick­et was a wire­hair point­er, about 14 months old,” the South Dako­ta gov­er­nor wrote about the pup­py, adding that the female pup­py had an “aggres­sive per­son­al­i­ty.” Wire­hair point­ers typ­i­ca …