The RAPS Cat Sanctuary residents, staff and volunteers have been thrilled to welcome visitors back on weekends for the past several months. Unfortunately, as the COVID rates in the region have...
Concerned employees help RAPS save cats
The Adesa Auctions team spotted a mama cat and kitten on their car lot – and helped RAPS trap what turned out to be a whole little feline community. When RAPS rescues stray or feral animals, it is...
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...
Animal rescue without borders!
RAPS welcomes dozens of cats from Alberta and B.C.’s interior. RAPS exists to rescue animals. Central to our mission is the certainty that where an animal lives should not...
Noel loses a leg but gains a life
After tragedy, feral cat has leg amputated, but adapts and can’t get enough lovin’ Volunteers who humanely trap cats in the Fraser Valley discovered a farm where a number of ferals were living. The...
More good news about sweet Blossom
Neglected and abused, resilient dog recovering and readying for forever home. It is almost miraculous to see animals with terrible histories of abuse and neglect survive and thrive when rescued and...
Blossom’s come a long way
Abused and neglected, a dog demonstrates resilience when shown love and care. Resilience. Among humans and animals, resilience is an astounding characteristic. In Blossom’s case, it is a testament...
A Holiday Ghost Story
We have a holiday ghost story but it’s not what you think. In late October, a gentleman emailed the RAPS admin office requesting immediate help. He had rescued four cats that were living in a...