Lassie (now Esmée) has found her loving forever home and received the medical care she needed! We are constantly in awe of our community! Just a few days...
Lassie Needs Help!
UPDATE: We are overjoyed! Lassie had her surgery Thursday and she’s recovering like a trooper! She slept beautifully Thursday night and by Friday she was raring to go, like the puppy she is!...
Sweet “Staffy” Defies Grim Prognosis
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, along with conventional treatments and diet, has helped Ruth fight tumour – and she is loving life long after doctors warned she would no longer be around! Ruth is a...
The Happiest of Happy Endings
Blossom was one of the worst cases of neglect the RAPS team had ever seen. Today, this resilient beauty formally joins her forever family. When Blossom arrived at RAPS almost two years ago, she was...
New Adoption Centre opens!
The permanent RAPS Adoption Centre has now opened! The contract with the City of Richmond, through which RAPS operated the City Animal Shelter, ended last year in anticipation of the redevelopment...
A community says goodbye to a beloved icon
RAPS Animal Hospital will soon offer at-home euthanasia. Buddy’s story is an extreme example of why that matters. Twelve or 13 years ago, Tom Polich was playing a round at Musqueam Golf Course, near...
Big lug Buck finds forever home
Hundred-pound dog with leg issues has a bright future with new family. Last June, Michael Fu saw that RAPS was looking for a foster for a very large...
Meet the Humans: Dr. Regan Schwartz
A veterinarian with an innate desire to help found a community-owned veterinary hospital and it’s a perfect match!Dr. Regan Schwartz was raised in Toronto, and she has travelled the world helping...
Patience and time: Keys to a good dog
As a no-kill animal-serving organization, RAPS routinely faces challenging cases that, in other jurisdictions or at other agencies, would likely lead to euthaniasia for the animal. Our no-kill...
Saying Goodbye to George
It is with the saddest of hearts we share with you that beloved George has passed. George was almost 16-years old. Beautiful George was found in a Richmond ditch on a rainy, cold day in December...