Agility Course Installed at the Richmond Animal Shelter

Pansy is quite at home with her new family.

Pansy came to the RAPS Sanctuary as a rescued Urban Barn Kitten. There, she and her siblings thrived on the wonderful care they received. We had not planned on adopting a "young" cat but fell in love with the now 8 month old youngster. We have had Pansy for over 2 months and what a joyful addition to our family she has been. Pansy has given our 12 year old cat, Mcduff, a new lease on life and she considers our 11 year old Sheltie her "older" sister! Pansy is still a little shy with strangers but as you can see by the pictures, she has made herself quite at home with her new family. ~ Cathy and Don

Dyna comes for a visit!

Dyna the puppy was one of nine puppies in a litter that came to the Richmond Animal Shelter in Dec. 2009. Three of those puppies for still for adoption, but Dyna was adopted earlier and came back for a visit with the shelter staff.

See the other puppies for adoption on petfinder.com

Officer Burnham has a way with dogs

The RAPS City Shelter dogs always seem to rally around Officer Burnham after a long day rescuing animals.

Urban Barn Cats still looking for forever homes

Last summer RAPS rescued around 100 cats from an a barn in Richmond. Known as the Urban Barn cats, a few of those young cats are still looking for forever-homes. This little guy loves to peak over the barrier and watch the small dogs behind the desk at the Richmond Animal Shelter.

Boomer (formerly Ashley) is doing great!

Hi RAPS,

I just wanted to give you an update. We are all doing great. Ashley (we still haven't renamed her...maybe we won't?) is fabulous! She is such a good dog, she just needs a leader. Derek from BarkBusters was here yesterday and got us started off on the right foot. I can't believe the progress in 24 hours. It's amazing!

Attached are a few photos I've taken so far. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Paula & Ash

"What a girl!" is Miki May

Hi RAPS:

As promised, here is a photo of "Bat Girl" taken on Feb. 1/10. She has settled in amazingly well. She has a wonderful disposition and we love her so much. What a girl she is! Her new name is now Miki May.

Regards,

Darlene & James

P.S. We would just like to add a thank you for the opportunity for letting us adopt her.

Fighting for the Rabbits on Monday, Feb. 8th

On Monday, Feb. 8th (tomorrow), the Richmond City Council will vote on a bylaw to ban the sale of rabbits in pet stores.

I hope you can come to this Council meeting on Monday at 7:00 PM. See the agenda at: http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/agendas/council/2010/020810_agenda.htm

Also note, due to the Olympics, parking around Richmond City Hall has changed. Please see this website for more information: http://www.richmond.ca/discover/2010-Olympics/games-richmond.htm#CityHallParking

Following are some links to articles from other municipalities that are considering the ban of animals in pet stores:

West Hollywood
Richmond BC
Langley
Langley on Rabbits
Langley on Dogs
Burnaby

Cleopatra and Cat the Great

Here are some pictures of Cleopatra and Cat the Great [ known as Berry while in your care]. ~Joe

"Cat lovers unite!"

Hi gang,

Amy at the web site LoveMeow.com has posted some photos I took with a
little blurb about RAPS Cat Sanctuary on her web site and Facebook
group. It is a large web site with a lot of readers and exposure. Cat
lovers unite. Here is the post:

http://lovemeow.com/2010/02/raps-cat-sanctuary/

Here is where the Facebook comments are:
http://www.facebook.com/lovemeowfanpage/posts/290887892415

~Barbara

"Your babies are now my babies!"

Dear RAPS,

Here are pictures of our babies--now adults that we got from RAPS. They are part of our family and the best things to come into our lives!! Thank you RAPS for making our family a little bit bigger!!!!!

~The Zlotnik's

Chica brings joy and happiness

Dear RAPS, Here is a picture of Chica, who I adopted from you on the 2nd of September last year. She is the absolute joy of my life and brings me nothing but happiness. Thanks so much for your online newsletters. ~Pat