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Jan 06, 2004
New Yorkers are renaming the pit bull terrier in an attempt to improve the dog's frightening image.
The city's animal welfare agency has decided to change all its official documents to rename the pit bull the New Yorkie.
It is hoped that the image change will encourage more people to adopt the thousands of pit bulls taken in by the animal shelter each year.
Ninety percent of the 6,000 pit bulls taken to the New York City Animal Care and Control centre each year are destroyed.
The name change was the idea of Ed Boks, the new director of the centre.
He said he came up with the idea because New Yorkers, like pit bulls, were often thought of as hard or mean, but are actually "some of the most generous and open-hearted people I've ever met".
While pit bulls have suffered bad publicity following maulings and attacks, the breed is actually well behaved.
Animal experts say pit bulls outperform the cuddly golden retriever on behavioural tests.
© Reuters
New Yorkers are renaming the pit bull terrier in an attempt to improve the dog's frightening image.
The city's animal welfare agency has decided to change all its official documents to rename the pit bull the New Yorkie.
It is hoped that the image change will encourage more people to adopt the thousands of pit bulls taken in by the animal shelter each year.
Ninety percent of the 6,000 pit bulls taken to the New York City Animal Care and Control centre each year are destroyed.
The name change was the idea of Ed Boks, the new director of the centre.
He said he came up with the idea because New Yorkers, like pit bulls, were often thought of as hard or mean, but are actually "some of the most generous and open-hearted people I've ever met".
While pit bulls have suffered bad publicity following maulings and attacks, the breed is actually well behaved.
Animal experts say pit bulls outperform the cuddly golden retriever on behavioural tests.
© Reuters
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