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Published April 29, 2024 by Sara Oliver.2 min read

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem admits that she shot and killed her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, who attacked chickens, as well as a goat she says smelled “musky.” She reveals this in her soon-to-be-released book, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong With Politics and How We Move America Forward.

PETA is making it clear that there is no reason to shoot animals—and points out that Noem should have found a humane dog trainer, kept the puppy away from chickens, or even found a different home for Cricket:

“Most Americans love their dogs, and we suspect that they’ll consider Gov. Noem a psychotic loony for letting this rambunctious puppy loose on chickens and then punishing her by deciding to personally blow her brains out rather than attempting to train her or find a more responsible guardian who could provide her with a proper home. Noem obviously fails to understand the vital political concepts of education, cooperation, compromise, and compassion.”—Colleen O’Brien, senior vice president of media relations at PETA

Kristi Noem Shot Her Dog and Goat—Here’s What You Can Do to Help Animals

Every animal is someone. It’s speciesist to believe that farmed and captive animals, like goats, don’t suffer or feel emotions to the same extent as the animals with whom we lovingly share our homes, like dogs.

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In a scene out of a Disney movie, a dog and a deer were seen wandering the streets of an Iowa town together.

The adorable dynamic duo was spotted on Wednesday taking a stroll seemingly without a care through the streets of Tipton, a small town of roughly 3,000 people about 40 miles northwest of Davenport.

“Sometimes a dog just wants to take his deer for a walk,” the Tipton Police Department quipped on its Facebook page.

The post included a photo of the two pals walking along the sidewalk side-by-side. The dog, which appears to be a large golden retriever, looks back in one photo at the police officer creeping up behind them. 

The deer even looked like it might be window shopping in one picture, a user commented.

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Another image shows the deer walking across a lawn towards the dog, who had stopped for a rest on the grass.

But the unlikely pair’s day out on the town ended soon afterwards. About an hour later, Tipton police posted an update with the animals loaded up in police cruisers after they were rounded up.

“All good walks must come to an end. The pair was too close to traffic,” police said.

“The dog is clearly remorseful but the deer was muttering something about breaking free and doing it all again tomorrow,” the department joked.