South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new book about killing her dog
South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new book about killing her dog
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.
Sure, your young dog, who is still being trained, does something bad because of whatever reason, and instead of trying to find out why that happened and what could be done to prevent it in the future, the first solution you come up with is to kill the dog?? That's not being able to act on tough decisions, that's poor judgement, lack of empathy, signs of psychopathy and just being a bad person
Has she actually made any "tough decisions" that didn't involve killing animals? All she's showing me is that she thinks that killing things is a solution and one she might reach for with an uncomfortable eagerness.
If an animal has killed other people's pets and attacked humans, I think that's past the point of speculating about how you might possibly get it to not do those things in the future. More likely some half measures will be taken, that will fail, and it will happen again. I am biased but dogs that kill other pets should be put down as a matter of law.
Yeah, she grew up on a farm, animals are tools, yadda yadda yadda. I can accept that decisions sometimes have to be made that are not meant to be cruel. Here though, the fact that she made the call unilaterally, casually, and without considering other options that might have been available for a dog but not other "livestock." She also stated that she "hated" the dog. Then, the way the article phrases it, it sounds like she got her blood up and decided that it was the day to do all her up close and personal killin' and took out the goat she didn't like. Oh, and let's also not forget that her kids clearly liked the dog. This is what she decides add to her political bona fides.
There's doing what has to be done, and then there's seeming to get off on killing things that are less powerful than you but refuse to bend to your desires.
My childhood dog killed the family of rabbits in our backyard the first spring we had him. Should we have put him down then and there since he was clearly a killer? What about ky husky that kills ever opossum that she comes across? Dogs are predators and it takes training to keep their killer instincts under control, and even then you can inly do so much.
If only this were the worst thing about a Republican candidate for anything
Surely she went to the vet to do it humanel--
led Cricket to a gravel pit and killed her
What a POS.
So, sad story time. We had a pup going on 15 who had health problems, most notably a bum knee that she just wouldn't trust to rehab after surgery when she was 3. For the next ten years, she managed fine, but eventually she was clearly on the downward trend. She was maybe even ready, but I didn't quite think so. Then we found out we had to move. For the briefest moment, I thought it would be easier not to take her with us, but after recoiling that I'd have the thought, I decided I wouldn't make that decision in the middle of a bunch of other stress, and she was a good dog who deserved a thoughtful End of Life thought process.
A couple months after we were all settled and she had her spot in the living room, it became clear that it wasn't just stressed humans. She was clearly declining, and it was time after all. We took her in to the new vet we'd identified, and let them know, but because she hadn't had a checkup with them, and they didn't know us well, they made us do a three day waiting period and asked for our old vet to get a reference that we were responsible pet owners. Then they asked for a full external exam beforehand. They made us jump through hoops, and I for one completely understood, because they didn't know us from Adam and as far as they were concerned we might just be sickos or thieves who make vets kill dogs for the hell of it. We went through it all, and I watched her gently slip away through my teary eyes.
A good vet won't put a healthy pup down for no reason, and being a bad hunting dog who goes after chickens probably wouldn't have been anywhere near a good enough reason. We all face tough decisions. Noem just sounds like the type who has no respect for lives she's entrusted with, only what they can do for her.
That's incredibly sad and, damn, I'm trying to keep it together reading you. Part of me thinks it's a blessing to be in a country where non-human life is respected to a reasonable degree. I wrote that thinking about the time a dog bit someone I know when they were a kid and the dog was ordered to be put down by a judge. Apparently that was the rule for any animal that attacked people back then in my country. I don't know if things have changed nationwide but I do know that you can get 2-5 years in jail here in my city for harming animals now, so progress?
I'm sorry about your lovely dog. It must've been awful and I can't even imagine losing my own pets because I crumble at the thought. My sincere condolences.
That's the least disturbing part of that story.
A bullet to the head is humane, just don't skimp on the caliber
I get you, I just think I've seen a few too many cows get two shots to the head because one wasn't enough. Granted, their head is bigger but the these guns were specifically made for killing cattle. I guess it takes a particular mindset to say "yeah, this is fine". but I personally don't wish to see that again when there are alternatives.
Trump: “Can I see something in more of a ‘corrects her own mistakes with murder’ kind of vibe?”
and then someone on some lemmy instance wrote a long ass comment defending it, and explaining how he killed his own dog too. By suffocating it.
I read that, and while some of the possible implications are concerning, that was a beloved and elderly dog and OP claims they tried to make it painless and less scary than euthanasia. I am iffy on some of the decisions that were made, but the story as told is pretty much the inverse of an annoyed jackass shooting a 14 month old dog because its training was not going well and she "hated" it.
Psychopath
At this point, it seems to be a plus for Republicans.
Perhaps they'll make it official and have them raise a puppy to adulthood and during the Republican National Convention they have to strangle them on stage to prove their total lack of empathy and dedication to the party.
After that, she thought, "fuck this goat in partcular" and proceeds to shoot it but failed to kill it, then having it suffer for long because she needs to walk to her truck for more bullets.
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.