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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

Campaign to free London aquarium penguins ‘trapped in basement’ backed by MPs

A gentoo penguin who lives at the London Sea Life Aquarium is checked by staff - (PA)

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 Life London Aquarium.

The campaign, spearheaded by an unnamed MP, describes the birds' captivity at the riverside attraction, a short distance from Parliament, as "un-British".

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