Its Already an incredible day

From the new SPCANS website

Notice
April 15, 2009
In follow-up to Board discussions regarding use of the carbon dioxide gas chamber by the Cape Breton branch, the Executive of the Nova Scotia SPCA Board of Directors has issued the following notice:

The Board of the NS SPCA, in order to reinforce existing policy, requires that all branches, shelters and other operations under the authority of the NS SPCA cease the use of any euthanasia technique for the euthanasia of animals other than lethal injection by trained personnel or a veterinarian, by no later than 24 April, 2009. Any branches, shelters and other operations found to be in non-compliance with this motion shall have their Board of Directors, or equivalent, removed. Any volunteers or employees who use a gas chamber to euthanize an animal after 24 April, 2009 will be disciplined, up to and including termination. Members of the Society involved may have their memberships terminated. Any and all equipment used for euthanasia techniques other than lethal injection, whether in or out of service, shall be removed from NS SPCA property no later then 24 April, 2009. Compliance is to be filmed and verified by disinterested third party. Film or photographic evidence is to be provided to the Provincial Office of the NS SPCA.

Wow! We have nagged and complained. We have emailed and we have blogged. It was better than Christmas and my birthday all rolled into one to see this on the lovely new Nova Scotia SPCA website this morning.
The gas chamber at the Cape Breton SPCA has been the ugly brush that has tarred every animal welfare group and shelter in NS. People who are not involved in animal rescue do not differentiate between one groups policies and others. It has stained the reputation of all the other SPCA branches who have been working so hard for the animals.
Does this mean we have hit No Kill Nova Scotia? Of course not. But it does represent a giant leap down the road. Without the obstacle that gas chamber at the Cape Breton SPCA represents, the path is just ever so much clearer and cleaner.
We haven't even left for our morning hike on this absolutely lovely day and its already an incredible day!

One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. - Lewis Carroll