Puppy-Killing ICE Barbie Mocked as She Poses With New Dog

Heather Diehl / Getty Images Kristi Noem caused a stir online after she posted a picture of herself, a hunting rifle, and a dog.

“Happy Opener, South Dakota! Foster and I wish you good luck in the field!” Noem wrote in her caption, alongside a photo apparently meant to celebrate the start of South Dakota’s pheasant hunting season.

“Pheasant hunting is part of who we are, and it’s a tradition worth passing on to our kids and grandkids,” Noem continued.

In her 2024 memoir, No Going Back , Noem famously wrote about taking her 14-month-old wirehaired pointer, Cricket, out to a pit on her property and shooting him.

Online commenters quickly expressed concern for Foster’s well-being.

“The worst possible thing you could post would be a dog and a gun, lady.

Come on,” one X user wrote .

“Blink twice if you’re in danger,” wrote another , seemingly addressing Foster directly.

“You shouldn’t have any pets.

Cricket remembers,” another said .

Foster, who has been a member of Noem’s hunting entourage since at least 2022, appears to be a favorite pup of the former Homeland Security chief.

In October 2022, before she told the world about executing Cricket, Noem posted a series of pictures of Foster on a pheasant hunt and bragged about his prowess.

“He pointed several birds and retrieved one that nobody could find,” Noem wrote.

“I’m eating a sandwich on the ride back to Pierre, he smells it, I tell him ‘no Foster,’ and he lays down and goes to sleep #perfectdog ,” she said.