Louis Wain Fact #14:
Wain was quite a charitable person. He was involved in many animal charities, including the Anti-Vivisection Society and the Society for the Protection of Cats. He also frequently illustrated and published heartwarming advertisements in his annuals free of charge for Dr. Barnado’s Homes for children.
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Wain was an advocate of families taking their pets with them and opposed the apparently then-common notion of letting them fend on their own while their owners were away.
See also: <a href=https://catland.distin.org/post/view/8678>You've Forgotten Me!</a>