'She attacked me. And it was a hard decision,' Noem said of her dog, Cricket.
“She attacked me. And it was a hard decision,” Noem said of her dog, Cricket.South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is doubling down on her decision to shoot and kill her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, 20 years ago, saying that she shot the “dangerous” dog in order to protect her children.
Noem said she had to choose between “keeping my small children and other people safe, or a dangerous animal, and I chose the safety of my children.”
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