1. Shirley McGreal's parents were Kate and Allan Pollitt, a bank manager.
12 Facts About Shirley McGreal
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Shirley McGreal had an identical twin sister, Jean, with whom she developed an early interest in activism.
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Shirley McGreal studied Latin and French at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Shirley McGreal studied postgraduate French at the University of Illinois.
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Shirley McGreal received a PhD in education in 1971 from the University of Cincinnati.
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Shirley McGreal looked for an organization that could help her save such animals but found none.
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Shirley McGreal settled the headquarters of the organization in Summerville, South Carolina and initiated a sanctuary for gibbon monkeys.
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Shirley McGreal achieved bans on the export of primates in India and Bangladesh, and protested the use of the animals at a University of California, Davis laboratory of the United States government and the US Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute.
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Shirley McGreal uncovered a smuggling operation where primates were being sent from other countries to Singapore for export.
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Shirley McGreal exposed the operation in an article in the Bangkok Post, which resulted in action by the Singapore government.
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Shirley McGreal argued against euthanizing chimps that have been used in medical research, saying that they deserve "a decent retirement".
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Shirley McGreal died at her residence on the grounds of the sanctuary she founded in Summerville, South Carolina on 20 November 2021, at the age of 87.