Fifteen penguins are trapped underground in central London,
cut off from sunlight and outdoor access.
SEA LIFE London Aquarium keeps them in a windowless basement,
pacing under harsh artificial lights while tourists pass by. They
call it “education,” but it’s cruelty disguised as
entertainment.
Now, Members of Parliament are starting to take notice. A motion
has been introduced in Parliament calling out this abuse — and with
enough public pressure, we can make it impossible to ignore.
This is our moment to push MPs to act before the next
parliamentary recess and force SEA LIFE to end this cruel exhibit
once and for all.
Add your name to urge MPs to back the
motion and free the penguins.
In the wild, Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds on
Earth, sleek, powerful, and born to roam icy waters. But in SEA
LIFE’s fake “ice world”, their pool is only two metres deep, a
fraction of what they need to dive and play. And what’s
worse, some have spent fourteen years underground and never
even seen the sky.
Zoos and aquariums claim this is “conservation,” but it’s not.
Real conservation means protecting penguins in their natural
habitats, not keeping them in basements for profit. This is cruelty,
plain and simple.
MPs are already speaking out. Now we need to turn their concern
into action. With enough public pressure, we can push more
MPs to back the motion and force SEA LIFE London Aquarium to free
the penguins.
Sign and share now to call on MPs to
back the motion and demand SEA LIFE free the penguins.
We’ve done it before. When Ekō members fought for Mincho the
dolphin in Mexico, our pressure shut down his dolphin prison and won
a national ban on marine mammal captivity. We can do it again — this
time, for the penguins trapped beneath London.
