A Cat Who Walks By Herself

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....
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Tofino

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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Another Tri-Paw’d Cat

In the last year or so, we’ve seen more three-legged cats come into our care than I remember through all the years before…  In the Front Courtyard we still have floofy orange Marmalade (missing back...
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Heavenly Newcomers

Back in November, we welcomed a mother cat and her four kittens to the Sanctuary. Normally that would be No Big Deal – our Adoption Centre is kept busy with incoming feline families. But these...
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Power to the Kitties!

Electrical upgrades and other improvements are making life better for the residents at the Cat Sanctuary! Major infrastructural upgrades to the RAPS Cat Sanctuary are nearing completion! These may not be extremely obvious to visitors,...
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Home At Last

Cats are surrendered to us for a variety of reasons – most commonly because of bad bathroom habits, but reported aggression, or aging owners, or any number of other factors may bring them in to...
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Care for the Caregivers

As we enter a new year, we often take time to review the year past, to celebrate the big occasions and remember the hard ones – and in particular, to think about the friends we...
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Lucius

The Pen 3 cats who came to us from Alberta more than three years ago have remained a cohesive family unit.  Many of them have become adventurers who roam the length of the Back Courtyard,...
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The Second Bear

We’ve had two cats with the name Bear at the Sanctuary (as well as our beloved and greatly missed Honey-Bear) and they couldn’t be less alike! The first Bear was surrendered when we ran the...
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Settling In

Quite a number of cats have come to join us in the last six months or so. It feels as if we’ve lost a lot of our older cats in the last few years –...
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Hill House Haven

It was just the way my Kitty Comforter shift worked out last week – I ended up spending a lot more time in the Hill House than I usually do, and renewed all sorts of...
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