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Regional Center for Animal Care & Protection The RCACP page is intended to assist in the networking of available animals in our care to the public and to area rescues.
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Serving Roanoke City & County, Botetourt County, & Vinton by providing temporary shelter for stray, abandoned, & surrendered animals by returning them to their owners or finding permanent homes, while ensuring the highest practical live release rate. By participating on this page, you are agreeing to our commenting policy, outlined below. We reserve the right to delete posts on our page containing

any of the following elements:
• Profane or offensive language
• Inappropriate, off –topic or irrelevant information
• Misinformation
• Bullying and personal attacks
• Promoting violence, illegal or questionable activities
• Supporting individuals or organizations which promote animal cruelty
• Circulation of photos which depict animal cruelty
In addition to deleting posts containing any of the listed elements, we will remove parties from our page who repeatedly violate this policy. Thank you all for your cooperation and support. We look forward to working together with the community to place the animals in our care. The Regional Center serves as the public animal shelter for the City of Roanoke, the Counties of Botetourt and Roanoke, and the Town of Vinton, and is an “open intake facility”. The Regional Center primarily handles stray animals picked up by the Animal Control Officers employed by the municipalities, but also accepts strays that are found, and animals owned, by citizens of the municipalities served. Each year the Regional Center receives between 4,000 and 5,000 animals. In accordance with Virginia law, stray animals are held for a minimum of ten (10) days if the animal has any form of identification and five (5) days if the animal has no identification. There is no minimum holding period for animals relinquished by owners, but the Regional Center endeavors to hold animals relinquished by owners for a minimum of two (2) days. While at the Regional Center, animals who have completed their hold time and not been claimed, or have been relinquished by their owners, are evaluated. Animals that are considered to be healthy, treatable and/or rehabilitatable are, subject to the availability of space, transferred to the Roanoke Valley SPCA or another rescue organization for adoption. Animals that are not considered to be healthy, treatable or rehabilitatable, are humanely euthanized once the animal has been held for the required length of time. Link to our Amazon Wishlist: https://amzn.com/w/ML3D973N9E49

06/09/2026
Mark your calendars! Saturday, September 19th is our Tail End Of Summer Adoption Event! Come by the shelter from 1pm to ...
05/09/2026

Mark your calendars!

Saturday, September 19th is our Tail End Of Summer Adoption Event! Come by the shelter from 1pm to 5pm to find the perfect pet to spend the last days of Summer with!

All adoption fees will be waived with approved applications.

Today is International Day of Charity.If you are a lover of animals and are looking for a great cause to support, visit ...
05/09/2026

Today is International Day of Charity.

If you are a lover of animals and are looking for a great cause to support, visit our website at WWW.RCACP.ORG/GET-INVOLVED or scan the QR code to find out how you can help support the animals both in our community and the ones in the care of the RCACP.

Do you have an herb garden with fresh catnip in it? We are looking for donations of fresh cut catnip to give to the cat'...
04/09/2026

Do you have an herb garden with fresh catnip in it?

We are looking for donations of fresh cut catnip to give to the cat's in our care, especially the ones in the free roam room. If you have cuttings please bring them into the shelter Monday-Saturday during our office hours of 9am-5pm.

We are currently only looking for live, fresh cut, catnip at this point in time, please no seeds or grow kits. Thank you!

🐾 Cousin Cletus Needs a Temporary Foster! 🐾Our sweet, energetic boy, Cousin Cletus, is looking for some much-needed time...
04/09/2026

🐾 Cousin Cletus Needs a Temporary Foster! 🐾

Our sweet, energetic boy, Cousin Cletus, is looking for some much-needed time away from shelter life! 💙

Cletus is about 2 years old, partially housebroken, and gets along well with other dogs.
He is super smart and has been learning lots of new things while at Field of Dreams. He’s also food motivated, which makes training even more fun, and when he’s not busy showing off his smarts, he loves playing with his toys! 🧸

We’d love to find Cletus a temporary foster home for a few weeks where he can relax, enjoy some home life, and continue being the good boy we know he is.
If anyone is able to bust Cletus out for a little vacation from shelter life, give us a call at (540) 344-4922 or send us an email at [email protected].

04/09/2026

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Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 05:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+15403444922

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