South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has admitted to killing her own dog, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer named Cricket, after a hunting trip. In her upcoming book, No Going Back, Noem describes Cricket as having an “aggressive personality” and being disobedient. She says she tried to discipline the dog but was unsuccessful. One day, Cricket escaped from Noem’s truck and attacked a nearby family’s chickens, killing several of them. Noem says she realized at that moment that she had to “put her down.”