UK lawmakers raise concerns about aquarium penguins: 'It's un

LONDON — Some 75 British MPs on Tuesday raised concerns about the welfare of 15 penguins being kept in a windowless space at the London Aquarium.

Some of the Gentoo penguins have spent years at the Sea Life London Aquarium and some have never seen the sky, according to animal activists.

Lawmakers penned an open letter to the environment minister expressing “deep concern” for the penguins’ welfare.

It is “un-British to keep penguins trapped in a basement with no daylight or fresh air,” said letter coordinator David Taylor, Labour MP for a north London neighbourhood.

The black-and-white birds, native to subantarctic islands and northern Antarctica, have been living in an enclosure with a pool around two metres (six feet) deep, and without access to the outdoors, according to animal welfa