Dear John,

We have a new campaign that needs your help!

In a windowless basement beneath London, Sea Life imprisons 15 Gentoo penguins. They will spend their entire lives in captivity if we don’t free them.

Help us to take action by signing our new live petition!

With no daylight or fresh air, and a pitifully small enclosure, these penguins spend every day deprived of the opportunity to enjoy their natural behaviours and freedom to explore and swim the depths they were born to adventure into!

That is why we are taking up the fight to ensure they are released from this horrible prison.

At Freedom for Animals we know, like you, that no zoo can ever provide the necessary space or environment for animals to live a natural life, and how cruel captivity truly is. 

Gentoo penguins are native to the Antarctic Circle and surrounding regions of the Southern Hemisphere, yet the fifteen penguins held captive in London Sea Life Aquarium are forced to endure a dingy, underground environment, with only a cruel mural of their true home painted on the wall to show where they truly belong.

This is Fry. He has already travelled thousands of miles, from Melbourne, to Denmark, then Birmingham, followed by London. All to be used in Sea Life’s ‘breeding programme’ for a species that isn’t even threatened in the wild.

We have written to Merlin Entertainments and Sea Life to make our request on behalf of Fry and his fourteen friends held captive in London Sea Life - but your voice will make the message so much louder!

So please, sign the petition and help us in the fight to free the forgotten fifteen penguins! Together, we can ensure Sea Life listens to our demands, and takes action for these innocent birds. 

You can also help us to take action in person, as we will be holding a protest outside of London Aquarium on the 17th February!

It’s time for these animals to make one last move, out of the darkness and into the light, to live out the rest of their lives in peace at a sanctuary.

You can help by:

Signing the petition!

Joining the demonstration at Sea Life London Aquarium on the 17th of February!

Adopting a penguin to help fund the fight for freedom!

And! For more information on this important campaign, you can read our news page here!

Thank you for your support with this important action for animals. As always, we appreciate your vital help in the fight for animal freedom, and would not be able to take action without you by our side!  

I will keep you posted on how this campaign is going!

For the animals


Laura Walton
Campaigns Manager
Freedom for Animals