Animal Cruelty Awareness Week (3rd week of April) is an opportunity to remind ourselves and our neighbours that preventing animal cruelty, abuse and neglect requires all of us to be vigilant. RAPS...
Three legs and a wagging tail
Euro’s story is the first of many happy endings thanks to the RAPS Animal Hospital. Now that the RAPS Animal Hospital is open, we’re looking forward to a lot of happy endings and good news...
City Approves New City Animal Shelter
Big NEWS! Richmond City Council has approved a capital expenditure of $8 million for a new City Animal Shelter to replace our facility on Number 5 Road! RAPS looks forward to working closely with...
Meet Marble & Babies – Home for the Holidays: Story 1
Marble is a beautiful guinea pig who was surrendered to RAPS about a month ago after her owners decided they were unable to care for her anymore. Marble had already had a litter of babies prior to...
Exciting news! RAPS becomes Regional Animal Protection Society
It’s official! British Columbia’s Registrar of Companies has approved a change of name for the Richmond Animal Protection Society to the Regional Animal Protection Society. The name...
Pet insurance can prevent terrible choices
The Richmond Animal Protection Society is a NO-KILL animal-serving agency. This means that, under RAPS’ care, no animal is ever euthanized due to lack of space, treatable illness, physical defect,...
Social enterprise a sustainable source of support
RAPS depends on the support of animal-loving people in our community. Our enormous growth over two decades is evidence of how many supporters we have and the confidence they have in our ability to...
NO-KILL policy is at our heart
RAPS is a NO-KILL animal-serving organization. At the core of our identity is the value that, under our care, no animal is ever euthanized due to lack of space, treatable illness, physical defect,...
Developments at the Shelter
News from the City Shelter Adoptions, on-site veterinarian and new structures among developments at the Shelter. Spring has sprung and, as expected with the new season, came our first litters of...
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...