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Boatswain of SS Fort Frederick

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Fish vessel owners and wholesale fish merchants in Grimsby

The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals is a veterinary charity in the United Kingdom. During World War I, animal welfare pioneer Maria Dickin worked to improve the dreadful state of animal health in the Whitechapel area of London. She wanted to open a clinic where East Enders living in poverty could receive free treatment for their sick and injured animals. Despite widespread scepticism, she opened her free 'dispensary' in a Whitechapel basement on 17 November 1917

Diergaarde Blijdorp, officially Rotterdam Zoo, is a zoo located in the northwestern part of Rotterdam. It is one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands and has been operated by the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde (Royal Rotterdam Zoo Foundations). In 1855, a garden was set up for pheasants and waterfowl in the centre of Rotterdam, near the Kruiskade. It was a success and on May 18th 1857, the Rotterdamsche Diergaarde was opened as a sequel. The first director was the animal trainer Henri Martin. The same year the Vereniging Rotterdamsche Diergaarde was founded. In 1932 it was decided to reorganise the zoo. In 1937 it was decided to move the zoo to a new location

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a charity operating in England and Wales which promotes animal welfare. The emergence of the RSPCA has its roots in the intellectual climate of the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Britain where opposing views were exchanged in print concerning the use of animals