History
The organisation was founded on 10 May 1897 in London as Our Dumb Friends League, a "society for the encouragement of kindness to animals". It opened its first animal hospital, in Victoria, London, on 15 May 1906.
In 1912, the league started its "Blue Cross Fund" to assist animals affected by war. This fund went towards assisting animals affected by conflict including in the first and second world wars. The name of the appeal fund became more widely known than the official charity title and the league and officially changed its name to "The Blue Cross" in 1950. In 2011 the charity dropped "The" from its name and is now simply known as "Blue Cross."
Read more about this topic: The Blue Cross
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