Wild animals belong, as their name suggests, to nature. Such a concept includes our friends of the Sea. Despite what seems like common sense to leave wild animals in their natural environment, humans have more often than not given priority. We have decided as a society that to love wild animals we must capture them and keep them captive in an unnatural environment. In the case of SeaWorld, they instead choose to keep large sea creatures captive. It has been said that SeaWorld saves their animals and gives them a safe home. Maybe some of these animals were rescued, but their biggest attraction never needed rescuing. The great killer whale is the headliner of the SeaWorld park. These headliners have never been endangered in the wild, but now they face a horrible existence in captivity. Ironically, the only danger these spectacular mammals have faced is the humans who "rescue" them. Although I am now firm in these beliefs, this was not always my reality. My eyes were only opened to the truth about SeaWorld recently after watching the movie Blackfish. Blackfish exposes the despair created by SeaWorld; from the treatment of these killer whales to injuries and deaths caused by orcas. Capturing them is in itself a sad reality. Diver John Crowe looks back on his whaling experience in 1970 and holds back tears of regret all the while. Regardless, Crowe recalls that in 1970 his tears were not held back, he continued to work while weeping uncontrollably from the painful sight of the killer whale families stuck to the sides of their young and screaming for them as they were captured and charged. "Just like kidnapping a small child away from its mother", the words chosen by Crowe pier...... middle of paper ......have been and are now used to prevent such "accidents" involving the 'killer whale, a precaution comes out. Never hunting whales to begin with, SeaWorld could have saved many humans and whales from the despair brought on by their greed. The company should have just saved the animals and remained a rescue park instead of taking the chosen route of capturing and parading around the orcas. The SeaWorld parks would be vastly different without the story of the gigantic killer whale, but the parks would remain true to their sharing of knowledge about other magnificent underwater creatures. Such a solution seems like the obvious choice, but to this day you can still get on a plane to SeaWorld in Florida and get splashes from their current Shamu. Ultimately, I'll always prefer to stay dry if the outcome ends in some peace in the wild for the killer whale..