A new day for the North Carolina animal shelter?...

... that was the subject of a decade's worth of protests as well as a recent lawsuit by animal activists, led by animal law attorney Calley Gerber. (See earlier posts)

Longtime self-described animal lover, 27-year-old April Lowry, took the helm of the notorious Robeson County Shelter last week. Today, everyone appears - as Gerber suggests - "cautiously optimistic."

Good luck, April.

Read more in the Fayetteville Observer.