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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

23/10/2026
Spice up your life by adopting a ginger cat from RCACP! Adoption hours are Monday - Saturday from 1-4pm at 1510 Baldwin ...
23/10/2026

Spice up your life by adopting a ginger cat from RCACP!

Adoption hours are Monday - Saturday from 1-4pm at 1510 Baldwin Ave NE Roanoke, VA 24012

And don't forget our adoption event this Saturday at Vinton Veterinary Hospital from 2-5pm!

www.rcacp.org/adopt

‼️‼️We are seeking new and previous fosters to help out to make some very needed space at the shelter! Our dog kennels a...
23/10/2026

‼️‼️We are seeking new and previous fosters to help out to make some very needed space at the shelter! Our dog kennels are completely full and we are urgently asking the community to help by opening up their homes to some of our available dogs.

We are seeking immediate foster homes for our larger sized dogs.

If you have ever thought about fostering dogs and helping the RCACP, now is the time to get involved! Contact us today and let us know you want to foster!‼️‼️

Fill out an application at www.rcacp.org/foster

These handsome fellas got updated photos this week and we had to show them off! Come meet these wonderful guys Monday-Sa...
22/10/2026

These handsome fellas got updated photos this week and we had to show them off!

Come meet these wonderful guys Monday-Saturday during our adoption hours of 1-4pm, or join us tonight for Fursday Thursday, our extended adoption hours from 3-7pm, during which all adoption fees are waived with approved applications!

Adopt a pet from RCACP this spooky season!1510 Baldwin Ave NE. Roanoke, VA 24012540-344-4922www.rcacp.org/adopt
21/10/2026

Adopt a pet from RCACP this spooky season!

1510 Baldwin Ave NE. Roanoke, VA 24012
540-344-4922

www.rcacp.org/adopt

Meet us on Saturday October, 24th at Vinton Veterinary Hospital, from 2-5pm for their fall Together 4 Good Adoption even...
21/10/2026

Meet us on Saturday October, 24th at Vinton Veterinary Hospital, from 2-5pm for their fall Together 4 Good Adoption event!!

Come meet and adopt some of RCACP's available dogs and cats, grab some snacks and gifts from local vendors, and get to know a little more about their Veterinary Hospital.

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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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