RAPS staff get a shock when they see what’s inside the trap they set to catch a feline family. For a quarter-century, RAPS has been humanely trapping feral cats. Every now and then – such as this...
Emergency surgery for Nanaimo cat
Working together, animal agencies can save more animals – like Coco! A near-tragedy has a happy ending – and a bonus lesson about how animal rescue organizations, working in partnership, can change...
RAPS Releases Major Report on Economic Euthanasia
Calls on federal parties to make veterinary care tax deductible, fund more vets. The Regional Animal Protection Society has called on federal political parties to help Canadian households...
Urgent Heat Warning
Keep Pets Safe – Don’t take them in the car The weather forecast calls for some of the hottest temperatures Metro Vancouver has ever experienced. Please ensure that the animals and people you love...
Big News: RAPS Animal Hospital opens to more animals
The RAPS Animal Hospital is now welcoming “exotics”! In addition to dogs and cats, we now have veterinarians with expertise in treating rabbits, guinea pigs, pot-bellied pigs, hedgehogs, rats, mice,...
Whirlwind week for 43 Alberta cats
It’s been a whirlwind week for the 43 cats we brought from Calgary last weekend! Our amazing partner agency, Canadian Animal Task Force, undertook one of largest rescue operations ever – and so...
A Message to Our Community
There has been some confusion about recent changes at RAPS. From 2007 until January 31 of this year, RAPS operated the City of Richmond Animal Shelter as a contracted service provider. This was a...
Do you recognize these Muscovys?
The RAPS City of Richmond Animal Shelter is usually the temporary home to cats, dogs, rabbits, small mammals, birds and the occasional ferret or other less common companion animal who has...
UPDATE on the funds that supported Rocky
Sad News – Rocky It is with great sorrow that we say goodbye to the hero Rocky. Our entire community came together for Rocky and his person, Greg, after a tragic accident on Sept. 11. Sadly, Rocky...
It’s Mental Illness Awareness Week
Do you know animals can strengthen your mental and physical well-being? This is Mental Illness Awareness Week in Canada. There are a range of conditions and treatments around this health...