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deminks

(11,052 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 06:45 PM Apr 29

Noem's killing of her goat is just as bad

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/29/kristi-noem-misdemeanour-shooting-dog

Snip

Instead, Noem’s startling description of her decision to kill Cricket – and also an unnamed, un-castrated and unruly goat – has pitched her into an unprecedented political storm.

End snip.

One of the accounts of what she wrote said she complained of the goat being smelly and knocking her children down ruining their clothes.

If you know about goats, uncastrated males like to pee on themselves to attract females, they also have active smelly glands for attracting females. Goats are energetic and interact with each other and other animals and humans with head butting. If you are keeping a male goat for breeding, deal with it. If you want a pet, have them castrated. The smell usually goes away and they may calm down a bit.

She killed the goat as well as the puppy for being natural, both unspeakable acts. IHMO

/rant off




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Noem's killing of her goat is just as bad (Original Post) deminks Apr 29 OP
She is a monster Demovictory9 Apr 29 #1
Joni Ernst could have come across the state line and castrated the goat for her Blue Owl Apr 29 #2
Maybe she likes killing things, defenseless animals.. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 29 #3
Here's hoping she starts with herself. n/t Xavier Breath Apr 29 #4
Reminds me of $arah Palin shooting wild animals from a helicopter with a rifle. OMGWTF Apr 29 #16
Not a bullet - a shotgun. A bullet would have been a cleaner kill. Probatim Apr 29 #19
Sounds like a woman who shouldn't have animals Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 29 #5
Probably shouldn't have children, either. 3catwoman3 Apr 29 #20
Recommended. H2O Man Apr 29 #6
Well it looks like *rump has found his running mate. Uncle Joe Apr 29 #7
I thought bdamomma Apr 29 #17
It's just for image sake, all you have to do is change two words in the Constitution depending on the VP Uncle Joe Apr 29 #22
Some agency needs to check out that gravel pit. . maybe run a niyad Apr 29 #8
She would definitely run over a cadaver dog leftieNanner Apr 29 #9
Despicable, needless cruelty. What a horrible human being. n/t PatrickforB Apr 29 #10
When I was a kid we had goats. They are cool animals. The billy liked us kids and flashman13 Apr 29 #11
There we have it, Republicans kill puppies and goats. pwb Apr 29 #12
This is the mentality of the gun culture. Baitball Blogger Apr 29 #13
Did she get cheekbone implants? ShazzieB Apr 29 #14
Ask any young person that loves The Hunger Games ALBliberal Apr 29 #15
Noem is a dreadful human being. AllyCat Apr 29 #18
A dreadful being. 3catwoman3 Apr 29 #21
I agree. yardwork Apr 29 #23

OMGWTF

(4,041 posts)
16. Reminds me of $arah Palin shooting wild animals from a helicopter with a rifle.
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:27 PM
Apr 29

Kristi only wounded the goat with the first shot so had to go away for a bit to get another bullet to finish the job while the poor animal suffered. I hate these people.

Probatim

(2,596 posts)
19. Not a bullet - a shotgun. A bullet would have been a cleaner kill.
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:43 PM
Apr 29

The shotgun, with the wrong loads, would have been painful and messy.

Killing these animals is awful enough - doing it poorly is even more grotesque.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,976 posts)
5. Sounds like a woman who shouldn't have animals
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 07:46 PM
Apr 29

I'm sure there are some humane groups in her state who would have taken them off her hands.

Uncle Joe

(58,763 posts)
22. It's just for image sake, all you have to do is change two words in the Constitution depending on the VP
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 10:05 PM
Apr 29

"Hang _________________ _________________!"

Problem solved.

flashman13

(725 posts)
11. When I was a kid we had goats. They are cool animals. The billy liked us kids and
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:07 PM
Apr 29

would let us ride him. But there was a couple of adults that he did his best to butt. Animals are sensitive that way.

pwb

(11,422 posts)
12. There we have it, Republicans kill puppies and goats.
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:08 PM
Apr 29

Conservative Republicans still just kick their dogs.

Baitball Blogger

(46,881 posts)
13. This is the mentality of the gun culture.
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:11 PM
Apr 29

They have guns and they want to use them. Guns are a gateway weapon.

ShazzieB

(16,840 posts)
14. Did she get cheekbone implants?
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:14 PM
Apr 29

The cheekbones in that Guardian photo are really ... prominent. I would swear they did not always look that way.

Not that there's anything wrong with surgically enhancing one's appearance, of course. But it's not great to go to extremes, and this looks extreme to me.

ALBliberal

(2,399 posts)
15. Ask any young person that loves The Hunger Games
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:15 PM
Apr 29

We will just say this won’t endear her to them. There was a pet goat and it was a precious part of the story.

AllyCat

(16,325 posts)
18. Noem is a dreadful human being.
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:33 PM
Apr 29

She should never be in charge of animal or human care. She thought this was something to gloat about in a book.

She sucks.

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