Madeline Bilis, real estate editor with the website
Apartment Therapy, penned a piece for Slate last week describing how just before Christmas she adopted Bonnie, "a six-year-old beagle whose photo melted my heart".
"Like many others last year, I was thrilled to adopt a dog," she wrote.
"The so-called pandemic puppy boom made for what felt like stiff competition at the time."
But according to the New York-based journalist, the New Jersey animal shelter failed to inform her about Bonnie's history of aggressive behaviour.
After six months of failed behavioural training, "daily dog anxiety meds" and unsuccessful attempts at rehoming Bonnie, Bilis said she was left with no option but "behavioural euthanasia".