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,...
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...
About RAPS’ Surrender Fees
The RAPS Adoption & Education Centre is now fully operational adjacent to the RAPS Animal Hospital. We are adopting cats as well as accepting surrenders of cats. Folks will discover that our...
Global Work & Travel is one of RAPS’ most generous supporters
Global Work & Travel Vancouver, with offices around the world, connects people with volunteer opportunities working with vetted animal welfare sanctuaries worldwide. And profits get reinvested...
Animal Essential Services
RAPS’ CEO Eyal Lichtmann, and lawyer Rebeka Breder are calling on the Province of B.C. to amend the Labour Code to ensure animals are protected and cared for in the event of labour disruptions at...
A Ghost story with a very happy ending!
New mama now in forever home with three siblings after a rough start to life and a few months in RAPS’ care. Ghost has gone home! The happy occasion happened recently after a fairly dramatic period....
Federal Grant Helps Guide Future of RAPS Animal Hospital
An Investment Readiness Program grant from the Government of Canada will allow RAPS to consult the public about how the RAPS Animal Hospital can serve more animals and their people. A public...
Announcement: Top Animal Law Expert Rebeka Breder Joins RAPS Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Regional Animal Protection Society is thrilled to welcome Rebeka Breder to the Board. Rebeka Breder has been recognized as one of Canada’s 25 most influential lawyers....