Want a super-easy way to help RAPS? Share your love!Please vote every day until April 8th! The annual Best of Richmond competition is on now! Vote for RAPS as “Best Community Organization”,...
Meet the Humans: Ayala Dafni Friman
Hospital assistant manager has years of experience in animal welfare. Ayala Dafni Friman is a vet technician and Assistant Manager of the RAPS Animal Hospital. She holds a B.Sc. in Animal Science...
RAPS sets up clinic in the Downtown Eastside
Supporting people’s relationships with the pets helps individuals and the entire community. Last Sunday, veterinarians and support staff from the RAPS Animal Hospital volunteered their...
Welcome our new vets!
During a time when there is a severe shortage of veterinarians in British Columbia and across Canada, the RAPS Animal Hospital is extremely fortunate to attract superb talent, because our...
Volunteer of the Month, Tamara Chan
RAPS is all about the animals! But caring for them takes people! We are going to introduce you to more of the human faces of RAPS in coming months – volunteers, staff, supporters and friends! This...
Oxygen therapy speeds healing
Ellie, an older cat, suffered a serious blood clot that imperiled her back legs. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy sped healing and returned her to health. Her mom thinks it may even have made her more...
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...
Miracle babies!
Emergency C-section saved Dior and her five kittens Dramatic moments involving one young member of the huge group of felines rescued from Calgary recently. Dior is a young mother who has already...
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,...
Don’t Pass This Buck!
Buck is one big pup. Weighing in at about 100 pounds, this one-year-old Caucasian Shepherd/Sarplaninac/Lab Mix is a big boy with a big personality. He’s headed to RAPS from northern B.C. in the next...