Wags & Walks Adoption Center

Gillian Lange, recipient of the 1980 City of Los Angeles St. Francis of Assisi award for her rescue work with impounded animals since 1974, established The Lange Foundation (a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization) in 1993.

Back in 1984, a scrappy group of pals from all over the world moved to a remote region of Utah's high desert... and started the process of permanently altering the future for animals in shelters.

Regardless of the circumstances or conditions, our mission is to rescue homeless Golden Retrievers, Golden mixes, and similar breeds in Southern California from abuse and neglect.

Dogs are saved by the Dawg Squad from the city's high-kill animal shelters, the streets, and abuse and neglect situations. While we search for permanent adoptive homes, we offer foster homes, medical care, training, and rehabilitation. Dogs are typically fostered in caring volunteer homes while they wait to be adopted.

After decades of working independently in various facets of animal rescue as transporters, caregivers, volunteers, and any other methods they could find to support the needs of animals as they saw them, Virginie and Ed founded 4 Paws Kiddo Rescue in 2018. Realizing they had similar ideas about how to best help animals in need of rescue, they decided to work together to try to put those ideas into practice.