The poll in the Powell River Peak newspaper asks readers, "Do you think the City of Powell River and the Powell River Regional District should partner with the SPCA to establish an animal shelter?"

The results are overwhelmingly "Yes", but it's not too late to add your yes to this poll.

AAS fully supports this because of what we know of Audrey Hill, the manager of the Powell River SPCA.

Whenever AAS has had any contact with Audrey, we have felt completely comfortable with what she says, what she believes, and the actions she takes. We always feel as thought we are both on the same page.

We have found Audrey to be honest, plain-speaking, helpful, as concerned with the situation we are describing as we are, ethical, and willing to do everything in her power to assist in a rough situation. Audrey hates the suffering and deaths of innocent animals as much as we do.

If only we could say that the great esteem the Powell River SPCA is held in as a consequence of Audrey's policies and principles, and her years of hard work for the SPCA, first in Nanaimo and in the last many years in Powell River, is because of the policies of principles of the BC SPCA. But it can't be - because we still receive almost weekly reports of mass destructions of animals on trumped-up excuses of disease (so the SPCA can't be accused of killing for space), or of callous indifference by employees to the animals in their "care", that we received ten years ago when we first started tracking SPCA actions and policies.

As long as Audrey is in charge of a shelter, it truly will be a shelter, not a place where animals are kept until sold or killed as, sadly, still seems to be the case in some BC SPCAs.