It took BP 87 days to finally stop the oil. Estimates are, 218-million gallons were spilled, but the good news this morning, there isn't a drop of oil in the gulf that wasn't there yesterday. So will the cap hold, or is it too soon to breathe a sigh of relief?

Many have seen the heart-breaking images of pelicans and turtles in the gulf covered in crude and choking for air, but there are many new victims of the oil spill. Hundreds of pets in Louisiana are being abandoned by their owners. Sadly with jobs vanishing and money tight, people simply can't afford to feed them. Local Louisiana shelters are swamped. Randi Kaye reports.

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) - BP replaced a leaking piece of equipment Thursday and hoped to resume procedures leading up to a vital well pressure test that could put an end to the oil that has been gushing into Gulf of Mexico for the last 12 weeks, said a top company official.

The "integrity" test is intended to measure pressure readings from inside the well. If the pressure readings are satisfactory, the valves on the new containment cap could remain closed, preventing oil from flowing into the sea.

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The Obama administration is not backing down when it comes to a temporary ban on deep-water drilling in the gulf. Earlier this week, interior secretary Ken Salazar ordered a new ban to replace earlier ones that were struck down in court. But even the president's own oil spill panel is expressing doubts about the need to suspend drilling after hearing days of testimony from people who are suffering because of it. Cherri Foytlin is one of those who testified. She spoke with CNN's Kiran Chetry Thursday, along with her husband, Forest Foytin. He's an offshore field technician who fears his job is in jeopardy. Tommy Webb, a furloughed oil rig worker also weighed in.

Oil gushes from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico July 14, 2010 (Courtesy BP).

(CNN) – BP was reviewing testing procedures Wednesday, a day after government and company officials decided to delay a crucial "integrity test" on the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

The oil giant had expected the test - to check pressure in the well and determine if it can be sealed once and for all by a custom-designed cap - to get under way Tuesday afternoon.

But late Tuesday night, officials announced that additional analysis of the well testing procedure was needed. The move followed a meeting with Energy Secretary Steven Chu and his team of advisers, and the decision was made by the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command, which includes government agencies as well as BP.

The decision to delay testing was made at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday after officials decided they needed an additional 24 hours to make sure the test will go as planned, Kent Wells, BP senior vice president, told reporters Wednesday. CNN's David Mattingly reports. Watch

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BP's new containment cap designed to slowly stop the flow of oil into the gulf. After 85 days an estimate of more than 212 million gallons has spilled. Can this new contraption really contain the oil spill? Darryl Bourgoyne the director of Louisiana state university's petroleum engineering lab spoke with CNN's American Morning Tuesday.