London Aquarium issues major update on its captive penguins without daylight or fresh air

London Aquarium issues major update on its captive penguins without daylight or fresh airThe Daily Express has been campaigning for more than two years for the penguins to be given a more suitable enclosure. Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Steph Spyro, Deputy political editor and envionment editor 06:00, Fri, May 29, 2026 Protesters outside London Aquarium (Image: Getty)Aquarium giant Merlin Entertainments has pledged to phase out gentoo penguins at its UK facilities following our high profile campaign. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) The owner of Sea Life London Aquarium today confirmed it is permanently ending gentoo breeding in Britain after two days of crunch talks last week. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Get the day's biggest headlines in UK and World news and more Subscribe Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy PolicyThe Daily Express partnered with Freedom for Animals and Born Free to demand that attraction bosses give its basement penguins without fresh air or daylight a better life.The multinational firm, one of the largest aquarium operators in the world, pledged to merge the 14 penguins in Sea Life London Aquarium with the 17 gentoos at their Birmingham facility into a single colony in a new habitat with natu...