They just needed better PR; i hope it saves some animals.
New Yorkers are renaming the pit bull terrier in an attempt to improve the dog's frightening image.More in linkThe 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 per cent of the 6,000 pit bulls taken to the New York City Animal Care and Control centre each year are destroyed.