Penguins at Hamleys Regent Street, London

Hamleys has announced plans to have live penguins in-store despite pleas from animal welfare charities.

Hamleys need to understand that causing distress to living creatures in the name of profit isn’t on. Penguins are not toys.

Here’s what you can do:
– Email their customer services team and let them know what you think: customerservices@hamleys.co.uk

– Leave a comment next to Hamleys official statement on their Facebook page. Unfortunately you have to ‘like’ their page before you can comment. You can always ‘unlike’ afterwards if you want.

– Tweet your followers to let them how you feel and what they can do.

As Brand Reputation have blogged, this could cause serious long-term damage to Hamleys if they don’t listen to their customers. Judging by the groundswell online they only have one choice.

UPDATE

Here’s two blogs worth following for the latest updates on #sHamleys –

http://www.wildlifephotography.tv/blog/ – includes the first images of reindeer in-store. Sad to see but really hammers home the cramped space these animals are being kept in.

http://www.socialholic.co.uk/ – A good balanced look at #sHamleys with regular updates.