RAPS Cat Sanctuary

In May 2025 a large long-haired cat came to us as a transfer from Shuswap Paws. The vets think he’s about 8...

We usually talk of our 400+ cats at the Sanctuary (plus all the ones in fosterage and at the Adoption Centre) but...

Cats are often characterized as being very clean – constantly attending to their own grooming, and occasionally sharing grooming with others. That...

For many years, visitors to the Cat Sanctuary have had the cats introduced as “unadoptable” – and for many of them, that’s...

When the Sanctuary was constructed more than 20 years ago, much of it was thanks to the generosity of devoted donors who...

Because RAPS came into being through the efforts of founder Carol Reichert and her supporters to get all our Richmond feral cats...

During this time of social distancing, we have had fewer people around at the Sanctuary. Big floofy Ruff needs careful grooming –...

This big boy came to us late fall of last year. He was brought in to the City Shelter as a stray,...

More than half of our Sanctuary cats have come in as ferals. Feral cats are those born wild, or living wild from...

Pen 8 at the Sanctuary is one of the feral pens – reserved for the cats who need a sense of security...

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