ART OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHY 1940, THE BLITZ,LONDON
ART OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHY 1940, THE BLITZ,LONDON Miss Iris Davis, a nineteen year old from Clapham, London is a volunteer worker of the Dumb Friends Leagues, and spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a "lassoo" from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940. 2.1940 Blue Cross/Dog treated by candlelight. During the Blitz of the Second World War, our Victoria animal hospital operated on pets by candlelight to save their lives due to injury or illness. And, each night, we opened our doors to pets so their owners knew they were cared for as they made their way to air raid shelters. Sadly, our Hammersmith shelter alone had to care for 16 animals whose owners were killed in the nighttime atrocities. Blue Cross heroes also spent days digging injured pets out of the rubble, risking their own lives. Many people also had to abandon their homes (and sometimes their pets) because of the bombing. We reac