Ever wonder if weird or bizarre things happen at an animal shelter? Only every day or so! Yesterday, we welcomed two cats into our Shelter. They were surrendered, not abandoned, but the people did...
Cosmo goes home – after a year!
A resident in Richmond had been trying to trap an injured raccoon on her property for quite some time when she accidentally trapped a beautiful stray orange cat instead! Thankfully, the resident...
Spring’s sprung – and we need foster homes for kittens and mamas
In March, a high school student found a mother cat and her four kittens hiding near the furnace of the school’s woodshop. RAPS sent an animal control officer, who trapped the family and transported...
Auto wrecker finds kitten surprise
On Tuesday, May 9, the RAPS City Shelter received a call for help from Rusty’s Towing on River Road. One of Rusty’s truck drivers was about to haul a vehicle to an auto wrecker, when he discovered a...
Foster Failure
Jacob is a handsome senior cat who was dumped outside of RAPS in an open-top carrier in the pouring rain late last spring. Jacob has had a rough go since coming to RAPS as he was very thin,...
FIV cats need special attention
An outbreak of feline immunodeficiency virus is striking fear among cat owners on Vancouver Island. The virus, shorthanded FIV and sometimes called “feline AIDS” can often go undetected...
Meet Artona – Two surgeries on, she’s healing and happy
Artona is a lovely eight-month-old cat who came to RAPS as a stray. She was found lying underneath a tree, and appeared to have been hit by a car. X-rays determined that she had a severely...
Spring kittens need your support
Spring means renewed life in so many ways. For RAPS, it means an influx of kittens born to feral, stray or abandoned mothers. RAPS is proud to be a NO-KILL animal-serving agency. That means we...
Support a RAPS kitty
**Urgent** Foster home needed! We are looking for a temporary foster home for 6-month-old Isaac. Poor Isaac has had a rough go of things. The last remaining kitten of his litter, he was extra...
Mister Valentine
Neko Blog by Brigid Coult Couch cats Just as we have what I call the Garbo Cats (here and here), so we also have our share of cats who enjoy each others’ company. Sometime that’s no...