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Rocket Dog Rescue
Region
San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.
Websitewww.rocketdogrescue.org

Rocket Dog Rescue is a volunteer

spays the animals, and provides vaccines, so as to make their animals adoptable.[2]

History

The organization was founded by Pali Boucher, daughter of a hippie mother and Paul Boucher, a

Good Shepherd Sisters.[8][9] She credits the program and her dog with saving her life.[10]

In the late 1990s, Boucher began working for Hopalong Animal Rescue, based in Oakland, California.[6] In 2000, while she was a client at the SF/SPCA Animal Hospital, she inspired her veterinarian, Dr. Ilana Strubel, to found Veterinary Street Outreach Services (VET SOS), a Project of the San Francisco Community Clinic Consoritum's Street Outreach Services Program, a private not-for-profit human healthcare agency, where Pali had received care while homeless. VET SOS is mobile clinic that helps homeless people who are unable to care for their pets.[11]

In 2001, the year after Leadbelly's death, she started Rocket Dog Rescue and won a

network in a one-hour documentary, Rocket Dogs.[12] By 2007, the organization had saved approximately 3,000 animals, and was spending $150,000 per year of donated funds on veterinary bills for sick animals.[5]

In December 2007, Boucher's home in Bernal Heights burned in a fire, making her homeless once again and killing three dogs, a parrot, and a pigeon for which she was caring.[5][13][14] The group has housed most of their dogs in foster homes,[15] and an emergency fund was proposed.[16]

In 2014, Rocket Dog Rescue opened its Urban Sanctuary and Adoption Center in East Oakland.[17] In 2017, Boucher and Rocket Dog Rescue were featured in an episode of Cesar Millan's TV series Dog Nation.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ Hank Pellissier (March 3, 2003). "Saving Pit Bulls from the Death Chamber". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  2. ^ "About Us". Rocket Dog Rescue. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  3. ^ Fong-Torres, Ben (August 13, 2006). "Radio Waves". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  4. ^ "Where are they now". KSAN. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  5. ^ a b c d Tucker, Jill (December 23, 2007). "Dog rescuer loses her home in a fire:3 canines she was fostering are killed in destructive blaze". SF Gate. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  6. ^ a b c Erica Kohnke. "Homeless Dogs Find a Pal in Pali Boucher". The Noe Valley Voice. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  7. ^ Sally Stephens (January 2006). "For the Love of a Dog" (PDF). The Woofer Times. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  8. ^ "The Sisters of the Good Shepherd". Good Shepherd GraceCenter. Archived from the original on August 29, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  9. ^ "Gracecenter". the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  10. ^ a b c Lord Martine (November 29, 2002). "Saving dogs helped her save herself". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  11. ^ Suzanne Pullen (January 7, 2006). "Jefferson Award: Ilana Strubel, vet for pets of homeless". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  12. ^ "Rocket Dogs documentary". Studio B Films.
  13. ^ "3 Dogs, 2 Birds Die In SF Animal Foster Home Fire". CBS Broadcasting. December 21, 2007. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  14. ^ "The Bay Area Reporter Online - Rocket Dog founder regroups after fire". ebar.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  15. ^ "News From Near and Far, March 2008 — BayWoof". baywoof.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  16. ^ "SFGov". sfgov.org. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  17. ^ "San Francisco & Oakland News: Rocket Dog Opens Urban Sanctuary & Adoption Center! : Press Release distribution Service - Online Press Release - Submit Your Press Release". rushprnews.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  18. ^ Desk, TV News. "Nat Geo Wild to Premiere New Series CESAR MILLAN'S DOG NATION, 3/3". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  19. ^ "Cesar Millan drops in to Oakland shelter for "Dog Nation" filming". sfchronicle.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.

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