Rachael Ray and her dog Isaboo can be found on the cover of the October 2010 issue of pet magazine Tails Inc.

Inside, Ray discusses her charity, Rachael’s Rescue, which donates money she earns through her dog food line Nutrish, to North Shore Animal League, ASPCA, Bad Rap, and Vet Pets, with the remainder of the money going to smaller organizations dedicated to animal rescue and welfare that doesn’t involve euthanasia.

Ray fell in love with a pit bull, Boo, in her twenties. From there, she vowed only to own the breed so many people are banning and shying away from.

“I’m committed the rest of my life to having only Pit Bulls. People are so ignorant, and they’ve outlawed them in so many communities and some states, that I just think it’s my mission in life to prove to people that there’s no such thing as an evil animal. There are only evil humans.”

Ray’s first pit bull Boo was rescued before it even hit a shelter, as a family could no longer care for it and wanted Boo to go to a good home.

“The woman just discovered she was pregnant, and they had an older dog, a Rottie, and they had a very young dog they had recently adopted, and [she] was a Pit. And the dog was so high energy—they were just worried they wouldn’t be able to spend the kind of time with the little dog that they should. They didn’t want a penny for her; they just wanted to make sure she went to the right person. She was with me through, I don’t know, half a dozen boyfriends, a couple of jobs, and two muggings. I got her in my early 20s, and I had her for 13 years.”

Rescue must run in the family as Ray says her mother is also mom to 15 spayed and neutered outdoor cats.

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