A Penguin PR crisis... 🐧 David and Simon look at the campaign to get 15 Gentoo penguins released from London Aquarium. The owner, Merlin Entertainments, has pledged to listen to ‘constructive ideas’ about how best to care for the animals. But has the company already lost the argument? When It Hits The Fan | Listen on BBC Sounds 🎧 | BBC Radio 4

A cross-party group of 75 MPs joined forces with animal welfare campaigners to demand the release of 15 penguins "trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air" at the Sea Life London Aquarium.They described the conditions as "un-British" and say they won't stop "until these penguins get the life they deserve".The aquarium first introduced the gentoo penguins in May 2011, and campaigners are arguing the birds have now “endured 14 years in a basement”.The owners of the aquarium insist the p

Pressure is growing for a London aquarium to release 15 penguins which animal welfare activists have said are “trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air.” Sea Life London Aquarium on London’s South bank, opened its first penguin exhibit in May 2011 with 10 gentoo penguins from Edinburgh Zoo. #itvnews #news | ITV News