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Pat Derby | 1942-2013

From left are shown Dr. Elliot Katz, Gretchen Wyler, Pat Derby and Dr. Jane Goodall at the In Defense of Animals Guardian Awards Fundraiser at Paramount Studios in Hollywood in 2004.

From left are shown Dr. Elliot Katz, Gretchen Wyler, Pat Derby and Dr. Jane Goodall at the In Defense of Animals Guardian Awards Fundraiser at Paramount Studios in Hollywood in 2004.  (Michael Tullberg / Getty Images)

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Pat Derby, a former Hollywood animal trainer who later devoted her life to protecting and rescuing exotic and performing animals, died Friday of complications relating to throat cancer at her home in San Andreas, 70 miles southeast of Sacramento and the site of a sprawling, 2,300-acre animal sanctuary she helped establish. She was 70. Read obituary

Pat Derby | 2009

Pat Derby, founder and director of the Performing Animals Welfare Society, is shown at the ARK 2000 Sanctuary near San Andreas, Calif., in 2009.  (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

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