You’d be surprised how tough it can be to find fresh names for new arrivals! Here’s how we name cats – and some help we got recently from visiting schoolkids! When you have thousands of cats...
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...
Volunteer of the Month: Kati DeGraaf
Longtime RAPS member the go-to for foster moms and kittens It was New Year’s Eve a few years back when a mama cat went into a difficult delivery. Kati DeGraaf, RAPS’ most prolific fosterer of mamas...
Kitten connections in high school
Part of RAPS’ important work in the community is educating young people about the joys and responsibilities of animal companions and safe human-animal interactions! We recently visited Richmond High...
Yet more happy endings
Huge rescue of 50+ cats and kittens last spring means forever homes – and new families The huge rescue of cats from a hoarding situation earlier this year continues to result in happy...
Kittens galore!
The 50 cats and kittens RAPS rescued in early April are at various stages of their process in preparing for their forever homes. Some kittens and adults have been adopted and others are getting any...
What do dozens of cats and kittens have to do with Giving Tuesday?
For the people of the Regional Animal Protection Society, this springtime has held a few surprises. Of course, for everyone around the world, this has not been our usual spring, to put it mildly. We...
Update on Rescued Kittens and Cats – April 16, 2020
NUMBERS: Kittens just keep coming! At the beginning of April, RAPS rescued 50 felines – 20 kittens and 30 adult cats. The 20 kittens were in three litters, at least one of which was a “hybrid”...
Update on Rescued Cats and Kittens
On March 31 and the first days of April, the Regional Animal Protection Society rescued dozens of cats and kittens from a situation in Richmond. In all, 30 adult cats and 20 kittens have...