LONDON — A flap of outrage is brewing over the fate of 15 residents of a cramped central London building, who critics say live out their lives indoors with no daylight, fresh air or adequately deep ...

Penguins at the Sea Life London Aquarium during the annual 'count and clean' in January 2025. (PA) Animal welfare campaigners have been joined by dozens of MPs in their fight to release 15 penguins ...

Dozens of British lawmakers have called for the release of 15 penguins “trapped” at a London aquarium without access to daylight or fresh air, saying their living conditions are “utterly unacceptable.

Penguin breeding has been paused at a London aquarium after animal welfare activists argued the birds were 'trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air'. Merlin Entertainments, which owns Sea ...

Penguins at the centre of a campaign over their captivity are happier in an indoor enclosure at the Sea Life London Aquarium than they would be outside, the attraction’s owners have said. Merlin ...

Chris Packham joined campaigners calling for the release of 15 penguins kept in what he called ‘hideous’ conditions at the Sea Life London Aquarium on Sunday. The naturalist was part of the Free The ...

A London aquarium has claimed its penguins are healthier living in a 'basement without sunlight or fresh air' amid a growing campaign against the attraction. Sea Life London Aquarium, run by Merlin ...

A group of 75 MPs has joined animal welfare activists in calling for the release of 15 penguins “trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air” at the Sea Life London Aquarium. The captivity of ...

A cross-party group of 75 MPs has joined animal welfare campaigners in an urgent plea for the release of 15 gentoo penguins reportedly "trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air" at the Sea ...

14:37, Mon, Nov 17, 2025 Updated: 17:45, Mon, Nov 17, 2025 The owners of London Aquarium have vowed to listen to “constructive ideas” about the care of their penguins following campaigning by this ...