MPs call for release of 15 penguins ‘trapped’ at London aquarium

A gentoo penguin inside an enclosure at Sea Life London Aquarium. The penguins were brought in 14 years ago from Edinburgh zoo. Photograph: Born Free/AFP/Getty Images

A group of 75 MPs are calling for the release of 15 penguins “trapped” in a small enclosure “without sunlight or fresh air” at the Sea Life London Aquarium.

Housing the 15 gentoo penguins at the attraction on the South Bank was “un-British”, said the leader of the campaign.