RAPS Cat Sanctuary

Promises Kept

17 Apr 2025

I have often mentioned in earlier blogs that RAPS Cat Sanctuary does nnot work in isolation, and that we have strong ties with other rescues around the province. The most consistent one is probably with...

The Holmes Brothers

08 Apr 2025

Many of the Neko blog readers will remember that when a cat finds its way to the Sanctuary, we call it “a detective cat” – previous detective cats have included Magnum, Kojak, Cagney, Horatio –...

Frank

02 Apr 2025

Sweet Frank was not originally a RAPS cat, but came into Delta Community Animal Shelter as a stray, and was adopted from there. Sadly, his family had to relocate and were unable to take him...

Best Bros

26 Mar 2025

Whiskers and Jinx appeared on RAPS radar as a stray pair found in Richmond some years ago. Even at that stage, it was obvious that they belonged together, and the woman who adopted them acknowledged...

Booty

18 Mar 2025

Booty arrived at the Sanctuary in company with Paula and Celeste, who were recently featured in this series. They were all cats who had come to the City Shelter in the days that RAPS was...

Magic Moments

12 Mar 2025

Many of our Sanctuary cats have come into our care with a feral label, and that’s fine – we are one of the few places that feral cats can live their feral lives safely as...

Celeste

06 Mar 2025

Pretty tabby Celeste is another cat-graduate of the Pen 2 colony. Originally there were five tabbies who came to the Sanctuary in 2017, identified as unadoptable (generally because of shyness). Calvin and Chase preferred to...

Paula

25 Feb 2025

Paula is one of two long-term residents of the Pen 2 cabin; a slim little calico who can usually be found in one of the upper-level beds. She arrived with us in 2016, part of...

Cypress

20 Feb 2025

Cypress came into our care in 2018; he’s probably around ten years old. As an FIV+ cat, he is a resident of the New Aids pen. Because FIV is transmitted though bite wounds, there will...

Mr Love-Bug

12 Feb 2025

I don’t think there’s anyone who works in the Connor building who doesn’t love our sweet Vesper. This handsome tuxedo gentleman – now about 15 years old – came to us in 2017 in company...

A Cat Who Walks By Herself

05 Feb 2025

Yma came into our care almost nine years ago – one of a colony of cats Stephanie trapped at a nearby composting facility. Some of them may have been dumped cats; others were born wild....

Tofino

30 Jan 2025

The Cat Sanctuary is the centre of our own feline universe, but throughout the province, and beyond, there are many wonderful rescue organizations working to alleviate the suffering caused by careless or abusive pet owners....

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