The City of Richmond Animal Shelter has a superb staff team and a huge number of volunteers who make life for the animals as loving and caring as possible. Still, no animal wants to be in a shelter....
Spring Open Adoption Weekend
RAPS is inviting the public to come and visit the Cat Sanctuary and see some of the lovable cats that are available for adoption on the weekend of May 27 and 28. This is the first open house...
Little Red – Learning to Walk
Some relationships take a long time to gel. Marta Bannister is a volunteer dog-walker at RAPS (and also serves on the RAPS board). Little Red was a feral dog that was trapped and brought to the RAPS...
Sparkie
Sparkie, a Maltese cross who was difficult to adopt because of complicated food allergies, has found an Okanagan home where life is better than OK. Cheryl Unger had lost one of her two dogs to...
Jackson
Adoption News! Get ready for a heartwarming story. Jackson came to RAPS as a stray. He was in very bad shape. He was filthy, and his coat was so overgrown it could only be described as a “dreadlock...
Chi Chi
Adoption Update! Dear RAPS Staff, Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to write an update on Chi Chi, so she wrote one instead! She also included a bunch of pictures at the bottom, enjoy. Natalie...
Rambo
Adoption News! After 2 adoptions that didn’t work out and a combined total of 216 days in the Shelter, Rambo the handsome and dark German Shepherd finally found his person! Louise, her friends, and...
Buddy
Adoption Update! Here’s an update on Buddy Buddy joined our family nearly 3 months ago and we are very happy with him. He loves to play ball, swim, chase squirrels and to play with other dogs. We...
Riley
Adoption Update! “I wanna give a huge thank you to RAPS for choosing me for adopting Riley. Although I think the sweet guy chose me! Feeling blessed. He sure has adjusted nicely and feeling quite...
laney
Adoption Update! “I just wanted to give you an update on Laney as she’s come so far in just three months. She’s sleeping on the bed now and is becoming a lap cat. She’s discovered the fact that she...