Woman Stabs Pit Bull In Home Invasion

WFMY ^

[Chet 99]

Archdale, NC -- It sounds too bizarre to be true, but a local woman fended off a four-legged intruder's attack with a butcher knife.

Nancy Verzone says a loose pit bull first went after her rat terrier in her backyard. When she snatched her dog from the pit bull's jaws, the attacking dog followed her inside.

"Here I was just stabbing just as hard as I could to get him to let go and he kept coming and coming," says Verzone, who has the bloody t-shirt to prove it. "The harder I stabbed the more he got mad," she says.

Randolph County Health Director MiMi Cooper sees the incident as a warning to keep dogs restrained. "Wake up people. You've got to take care of your dogs, you cannot let dogs run loose," says Cooper. "Dogs are predators."

Verzone says her rat terrier was injured so badly, she had her veterinarian euthanize the dog.

The pitbull's owner shot the dog in the head and buried it in his yard. Animal Control later made him dig it up so the dog could be sent to Raleigh for rabies testing. Cooper says because of the bullet wound to the pitbull's head, rabies testing came up inconclusive. Verzone is now receiving rabies vaccinations for her dog bite.

"It was the most heart wrenching thing for me to have to do that to that animal," says Verzone. "But it was either me or him."

The pit bull's owner promised to cover Verzone's rabies vaccination bill. The price tag tops $2400 dollars for a series of at least five shots. WFMY News 2

[Mojave]

Your “extrapolation” was nonsense.

[LongElegantLegs]

No,I pointed out (using your quote!) that the Isrealites were not instructed to rid themselves of potentially dangerous animals, but animals which had already attacked.

Sorry I confused you.

[Joe 6-pack]

So if pitbulls were banned, and Gangbangers started breeding Akitas to bring back their fighting qualities (they have centuries of fighting in their blood, more so than pitbulls) and they became the dog of choice in the inner city and rose to the top of the "dog bite" chart, you would not feel compelled to crusade against them in the same way?

[kanawa]

God told you that you don’t have to obey any public safety laws unless you feel like it. Brains.

Dude, if you're going to criticize me, fine, but do it for something I actually said
not for what your feverish imagination thinks I said.

[LongElegantLegs]

You didn’t answer my question.
Do you believe you have the right to use deadly force to protect your property?

[Mojave]

So if pitbulls were banned, and Gangbangers started breeding Akitas

The gang bangers would continue to breed and fight pits. That's how people who have no respect for the law behave.

[LongElegantLegs]

The gang bangers would continue to breed and fight pits

So what's the point of the ban?

[kanawa]

In fact, most urban areas restrict the types of animals that can be kept in residential neighborhoods

The times they are a changing...

Chicken debate is nationwide

Can oxen be far behind??

[Mojave]

You didn’t answer my question.

I'll answer it again.

Someone who starts a gunfight in a residential neighborhood over a pit bull should be arrested. If he kills someone he should be charged with murder.

[Joe 6-pack]

We weren't talking about the people, we were talking about your reaction to that scenario. You said my extrapolation was, "nonsense", and so I asked how you'd respond differently to that scenario. I'm trying to help you bolster your assertion that my extrapolation was nonsense, but thus far you refuse to answer how that would be different.

[LongElegantLegs]

So there’s nothing in your life worth protecting with a gun?

[Mojave]

So what's the point of the ban?

Violators can be arrested and prosecuted.

What grade are you in?

[Mojave]

I'm trying to help you bolster your assertion that my extrapolation was nonsense

You drew a false equivalence and dishonestly attributed it to me.

But you knew that.

[LongElegantLegs]

So it’s not going to prevent the breeding or ownership of pit bulls, it’s not going to get pit bulls off the streets, but it’ll generate more business for the courts.
You really think it’s worth it?

[Joe 6-pack]

What was false about it?

[Mojave]

So it’s not going to prevent the breeding or ownership of pit bulls

Arrests and seizures won't have any affect? Will the bangers keep pits in their jail cells?

[kanawa]

Violators can be arrested and prosecuted. What grade are you in?

Apparently the grade where they teach you that animal abusers, irresponsible owners and dog fighters can already be arrested and prosecuted.

[kanawa]

Hey I just had a great idea!! Why don’t we ban criminals from having guns? The problem of gun violence and crime would be solved in no time.

[LongElegantLegs]

You tell me:

The gang bangers would continue to breed and fight pits. That's how people who have no respect for the law behave.

Sounds reasonable.

[Mojave]

Apparently the grade where they teach you that animal abusers, irresponsible owners and dog fighters can already be arrested and prosecuted.

In many areas bangers can't be arrested for keeping a pit bulls in a residential area. New laws are being enacted to address that problem.