Since late last month, Gov.
Kristi Noem of South Dakota has been the subject of fierce bipartisan attacks for her decision to shoot and kill her family dog, a 14-month-old German wirehaired pointer named Cricket.
Ms. Noem has repeatedly defended her actions, which are detailed in her forthcoming memoir, in which she says the dog was “aggressive,” “untrainable” and “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with.”On Sunday, she suggested that President Biden should have considered killing his own dog, Commander, a German shepherd who was banished from the White House last year after repeatedly biting Secret Service officers.
But euthanasia should be an option of last resort, they said, used only when a dog poses a serious danger and other potential solutions have been ruled out.
In the cases of both Cricket and Commander, there were plenty of reasonable, nonlethal approaches available.
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