The Guardian has published excerpts from the book in which Noem claims she shot the canine, Cricket, after concluding the dog was “untrainable,” “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with” and “less than worthless … as a hunting dog,” according to quotes offered by The Guardian.

Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate, defended herself on Friday against Democratic attacks over her account of shooting a dog on her family farm.

One of Donald Trump’s top vice-presidential prospects has revealed she killed a family dog on a hunting trip. In a forthcoming memoir, Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor, wrote how she threw Cricket,

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who is widely tipped to be former President Donald Trump’s likely pick as running mate, has admitted shooting dead one of her dogs for being “less than worthless” — and similarly killing a goat she found “disgusting.

In her new book, due to be released next month, the South Dakota governor described the dog as ‘less than worthless’ and also claimed to have also killed a ‘nasty and mean’ goat

Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota and a candidate to become Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate on the Republican ticket, admits in her new book that she killed a family puppy. “Cricket was a wirehair pointer,

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, who is among the frontrunners to be former US president Donald Trump’s likely pick as vice president, admitted she shot dead one of her dogs for being “less than worthless”.