FROM NBC NEWS: 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 water.
The gentoo penguins are one of the star attractions at the Sea Life London Aquarium, in one of the city’s most popular tourist hot spots, across the river from the British Parliament and nestled between a “Shrek”-themed experience and the popular London Eye landmark.
British lawmakers this week joined campaigners in voicing mounting concerns for their 15 feathered neighbors, calling for government intervention over what they say is “un-British” treatment.
While the company that owns the aquarium says the penguin enclosure complies with the law, visitors question the size and style of the enclosure that houses 10 female and five male penguins.
The Sea Life Aquarium in London is under pressure to move 15 Gentoo penguins that campaigners claim are “trapped in the basement” with no daylight or fresh air. pic.twitter.com/qLTjQ8h2Bu
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) November 13, 2025
#Penguins deserve natural light. The plight of 15 penguins entombed in a relatively small enclosure, in an artificially lit dungeon-like recess of the @LondonAquarium is wrong. They must be rehomed! #FREEFEATHERED15 pic.twitter.com/iDJi97Aqqz
— kevin ryan (@Ahh_kevsy) November 12, 2025
This is so sad 😢.
Penguins with ‘no fresh air’ held captive in London aquarium – plea to free the Gentoo 15.
The Gentoo Penguins at the Sea Life London Aquarium are kept in a small underground room without natural light, campaigners said.
In a letter sent to Emma Reynolds… pic.twitter.com/WoSZGSOdAg
— PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE (@Protect_Wldlife) November 11, 2025
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