Kristi Noem, a contender for Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, defended herself after her story saying she had killed a dog on her farm drew condemnation from Democrats and animal rights groups.
In her forthcoming memoir, the South Dakota governor describes killing an "untrainable" family dog after a hunting trip, reported The Guardian, which said it obtained a copy of the book, No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.
