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Sarah Palin Photo of Son Standing On Dog, Taken as Animal Abuse

Former Alaska governor Sarah Paline photo of her son standing on dog at New Year’s Eve has been taken as animal abuse.

The former Alaska governor Sarah Paline posted three photos of her six-year-old son Trig, 6 standing on black Labrador ,has been taken as animal abused sparked outraged in social blogging sites including facebook, twitter.

The message earned 50,000 “likes” from some of Palin’s 4.5 million Facebook followers and nearly 12,000 commented on the post not everyone praised the photo but it also outraged her liker stating it animal abuse, however, the post receive mixed reviews.

You want to run your state and the country but you don’t have the sense to tell your children to stop stepping on your dog’s spine, someone commented while another take it a child act by commenting that Trig is a great problem solver and to all you “haters” out there spewing your venom … this is a little boy with his dog who is doing nothing wrong

On the New Year Eve, the the Republican vice presidential nominee has shared the post with statement that Trig May see every stumbling block turned into a stepping stone on the path forward.

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