Lange Foundation is dedicated to saving impounded companion animals, and preparing them for a journey to a new, safe, loving world. Lange Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), tax deductible organization.
2106 S. Sepulveda Blvd.,
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-473-5585
Email: langefoundationC@aol.com
Every year in Los Angeles County, over one hundred thousand pets are taken to animal shelters simply because they drastically outnumber the homes available to them. They are alone, they are fearful, and most of them are euthanized. As their lives silently end, several thousand more pets are being born who will endure the same fate.
The Lange Foundation was founded in 1993 by Gillian Lange, recipient of the City of Los Angeles St. Francis of Assisi Award in recognition of her work on behalf of abandoned and neglected animals since 1974. To date, she has helped rescue and place over 20,000 cats and dogs that would have otherwise been destroyed in shelters.
Lange Foundation is dedicated to saving impounded companion animals, and preparing them for a journey to a new safe, loving world. We have also initiated an ongoing sterilization program, to dramatically reduce the number of unwanted pets born in Los Angeles County.
The dogs we rescue come to us in all shapes, colors, sizes and ages. Some are victims of abuse or neglect; others starving strays; some are purebred and some are obedience trained. Our hearts go out to many who need surgery, spending their last few days of life in excruciating pain. We take as many of them as we possibly can and our monthly surgery bills are overwhelming.
Owners who take their pet to shelters mistakenly believe good homes will be found for them, but because of lack of space, most are kept for only 2-4 days. Strays are kept for 3-5 days in overcrowded dog runs. The pets we are able to rescue are cared for at our ‘Half Way Home Kennel’ at 2106 South Sepulveda Boulevard in West Los Angeles. Their personalities are evaluated and they are given T.L.C. by our staff and volunteers. Once adopted, we often assist with training in their new homes if they have problems not easily solved by their new owners. We stand behind those we place.
The shelters continue to be overcrowded with cats. The kittens chances of adoption are so much better than the adults...very few adults are chosen, even though many are Siamese, Himalayan, Persian, Manx and all American Purr Machines. At our kennel, most of them await their new homes in a cage-free environment. They are given the gift of time, and if for some reason they are not adopted they will always have a home with us.
The long term answer to the overpopulation problem is to prevent the births of pets who will never have homes, and will only know misery during their short lives. In 2004, Lange Foundation initiated a County-wide sterilization program. We provided funding for spay and neuter to those pet guardians who are unable to afford the cost of surgery. Feral cats were also included in this program, and we are proponents of the TNR policy (trap, neuter, return). We believe this is the only way to make Los Angeles a No-Kill County, and provide service to 10,000 pets. We are currently seeking funding to continue this program.
Your tax deductible donations are desperately needed to help us save and care for as many pets as possible. We welcome autos, designer clothes, furniture, and antiques for re-sale. Our written donor privacy policy is available here
Our ultimate goal is to become obsolete. Until that day arrives when animal shelters can be what they were intended to be: safe places of refuge, we will strive to give a future to as many impounded pets as possible.
To see Gillian talk about animal rescue, click here
