There are only about 50,000 orcas left in the wild. There are not many orcas in the wild, and they are endangered. SeaWorld should keep orcas, but get bigger tanks, more fish, and stop having the animals perform tricks but just showcase the animal. Many people want them out of captivity, but they do not see the consequences of this. Orcas should be kept in captivity for many reasons; there are only 50,000 orcas left and they are endangered, parks like SeaWorld treat them like performing circus animals, they simply need bigger tanks and fish, orcas should stay in captivity despite what other people say. Orcas are endangered and should be kept in captivity. Orcas should be kept in SeaWorld because many of them are endangered in the wild. From the documentary Blackfish, some of the workers say that even if we were to put them out of captivity, many of them would die in the wild. Many of the orcas from captivity wouldn’t last in the wild because they don’t know how to hunt, get along with different pods, etc. Many of the orcas in captivity wouldn’t even know what to do in the ocean because of all of the space that they would have. Orcas going into a pod in the wild would not work because they wouldn’t know how to communicate with each other, which could lead to many fights between the orcas. …show more content…
SeaWorld should just show the orcas off, like an aquarium. In the documentary Blackfish, many of the workers talk about how the orcas can get stressed from lack of food and space, but if they change the way they were to do things with the orcas, this could help the way the orcas feel. They shouldn’t preform tricks with them and they should never get in the water with them. That way they are still making money and more money means bigger tanks and more space for the orcas. With the money they are bringing in they can also get more fish for the orcas to