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2 Hollywood Chimps Head to Sanctuary
"They love us and they trust and that's why we've done so well with them in the business," she said.
Dunlea said Sable, a female, and Cody, a male, have lived at the ranch for about five years. Both are 6 1/2. Angel, a female that is nearly 10, was acquired when she was about three days old.
  Hollywood animal trainer Sid Yost gets kisses from chimpanzees Cody, left, and Sable while posing near Yost's training facility outside Devore, Calif., Feb. 12, 2006. Sable, Cody and a third chimp, Angel, who have appeared on numerous TV shows and movies, were scheduled to be removed from Yost's ranch Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, under a lawsuit settlement that will retire them to sanctuaries. All three were raised from a young age by Yost, who runs Amazing Animal Productions. However, the nonprofit, California-based Animal Legal Defense Fund and other groups sued Yost last year in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that Yost beat the chimps with sticks, used an electric shock stick on them and punched, taunted and intimidated the animals. Yost did not acknowledge any wrongdoing in the settlement. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (Damian Dovarganes - AP) 
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Chimps can live 50 to 60 years.
Dunlea said she worried that the animals would be traumatized from their journey, especially Angel, who dislikes traveling.
"I've been crying for days," she said. "I'm just trying to hope and pray that they will survive."
Franzetta said Sable and Cody will remain in New Mexico, where they have relatives, for an adjustment period. The plan is for them to eventually rejoin Angel in a Florida sanctuary that houses dozens of primates on a series of islands, she said.
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