En apas liv

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Jiggs the chimp was captured in Africa and
brought to Hollywood where he became the movie
legend "Cheeta", starring in 12 Tarzan movies
in the 30s and 40s, before retiring in 1967
after making Dr Doolittle. Like many of his
Hollywood contemporaries he loved nothing better
than relaxing away from the film set with
cold beer and cigars. Now aged 75 he lives in a
California animal sanctuary, and is officially
the world's oldest chimpanzee.

When chimps retire from acting most are sold
into biomedical research. But Cheeta's
trainer couldn't bear that. He kept Cheeta and
put it in his will for Cheeta to be put down
instead. The trainer's nephew talked him out of
it on his deathbed, adopted him and opened a
primate sanctuary. Sadly for Cheeta it's a
tee-total, no smoking institution, but he still
likes to go out for drive-thru hamburger meals
and enjoys painting abstract art.

Buy an original Cheeta:
http://cheetathechimp.org/donate.html

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