Are you making your Christmas lists? The RAPS City of Richmond Animal Shelter has a wish list. There are a few items — from the small, very affordable to the rather more grandiose — that we are...
Kindness of businesses helps RAPS feed animals!
This year, RAPS has provided care for 1,756 animals, at the City of Richmond Animal Shelter, the RAPS Cat Sanctuary and through our network of foster homes. We perform small miracles on small...
Sad tales with happy endings
If we – and the animals – are fortunate enough, sad stories become tales of recovery and happy endings. Two such cases occurred recently at the RAPS City of Richmond Animal Shelter. Simon, an...
A Tale of Two Kitties
Ever wonder if weird or bizarre things happen at an animal shelter? Only every day or so! Yesterday, we welcomed two cats into our Shelter. They were surrendered, not abandoned, but the people did...
The RAPS Adoption Process
Adoption Day is a very happy time at the RAPS Animal Shelter! Finding forever homes for the animals in our care is our ultimate goal. Of course, caring for animals while they are waiting for that...
Fostering helps animals prepare for forever homes
The City of Richmond Animal Shelter has a superb staff team and a huge number of volunteers who make life for the animals as loving and caring as possible. Still, no animal wants to be in a shelter....
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...
Rabbit Wednesday: Bursting at the Seams!
With just over 100 rabbits at the shelter, we are bursting at the seams! Our amazing staff are bunny-lovers and do everything they can to provide the best quality of life for the rabbits under our...
Welcome to “Kitty Club Med”
For kittens and cats who wouldn’t have a future in most shelters, the RAPS Cat Sanctuary provides an all-inclusive forever home. By Marianne Moore The Richmond Animal Protection Society does much...