The Foundation

Using her family inheritance, The Hervey Foundation for cats was founded Marjorie Hervey in 1998 as a cat rescue/adoption service. Her aim was to provide care and loving homes to all the unwanted, uncared for, and abandoned cats that fall to the side in our society.

Since then, The Foundation has helped over 3,000 cats and kittens with most having found good, loving homes. The rest have stayed with The Foundation living a quality life in a home setting, receiving lots of love, affection, and the freedom to roam around without having to stay in a cage.

The Foundation’s prime objective is to offer either a temporary or long-term place of protection for injured, unwanted, homeless and abused cats - without placing them in cages.

In line with this philosophy is the concept of homing. This means that we provide homes for these cats – either a new loving, caring home or permanent home at our facility for the cat to live a quality life for the remainder of its days.

We provide a means of finding suitable, loving and caring homes for these cats. In addition, we promote and educate the public on the proper treatment of cats, all in keeping with the requirements of the Animal Protection Act. Our primary concerns are the cats under our care.

Safety First

Great precautions are taken to avoid introducing illness when initiating a cat rescue. For example, in the situation involving a typical member of the family, our procedures would be as follows:

  • Cats that come into our care are taken to an Accredited Veterinary Clinic where, at the cost of The Foundation, the animal would be examined and Fe-leuk tested, spayed or neutered, micro-chipped, de-wormed, vaccinated with the 4-way combination vaccine as well as Feline Leukemia and Rabies (if old enough). Its ears would be checked for ear mites and treated.

  • The cat is then transported to our facility. It is placed in isolation for observation for 4 to 5 days.

  • If any symptoms develop during this period that need attention, the cat is treated.

  • Assuming all is well, the cat is placed up for adoption to find it a good home.

  • The cats in our care are not caged and are free to enjoy a home atmosphere. 

  • If it is clear that a new cat could not be adopted for some reason or another, it is made to feel at home, given a name, and then assimilated into our family.

  • The Foundation is unique throughout all of Western Canada. Majorie’s patience and devotion to cats of all backgrounds and experiences are what truly set it apart.

Charitable Organization

The Hervey Foundation for cats is a registered non-profit Charitable Organization in Canada and Alberta.

CRA #899091128 RR0001

Alberta Charitable Organization License # 310154

Incorporated in Edmonton, Alberta

All donations made to The Foundation are tax-deductible.

It costs in excess of $10,000.00 per month to carry on the activities of The Foundation.

Your donations enable us to provide life-saving treatment for cats who would otherwise have nowhere else to turn.