The capture and control of a majestic and breathtaking creature such as a killer whale is a very tedious subject. Most of the general public would enjoy seeing a spectacle in which these giant mammals jump out of the water and perform breathtaking tricks for the viewer's satisfaction. But what the public doesn't see or realize is that these animals might be severely depressed and lacking in obligatory stimulation through social bonding and other factors that the ocean might provide rather than a oversized bathtub. The ethics of keeping an animal as intelligent as an orca in captivity have been under intense scrutiny for years in the marine biology community. Despite controlled environments for orcas, these environments cause psychological and social problems for the animals and are worse than nature. There is a distinctive feature in captive killer whales that does not appear in whales in the wild: the captive animal's dorsal fin almost always sags to one side or the other, and less One percent of all wild captive whales have been recorded as having this trait. This could be directly related to the depressing life a captive orca faces in a closed world with limited stimulation from animals and incredibly deep social attributes. Today, there are no laws prohibiting the capture and display of orcas, but there are national laws. laws governing the care, custody and research of whales. A few California lawmakers have attempted to make the performance and imprisonment of animals in captivity illegal, which would immediately resolve any concerns about whether or not it is right to keep them locked up. "It is time that we accept that the long accepted practice of keeping orcas in the middle of paper is thrown out in this country. This fact is sad but true, and the sooner people realize that it is the money that funds the advancement of the entertainment industry in the marine world, the sooner hope can be built to keep these animals where they belong Despite controlled environments for killer whales, these environments cause psychological problems. and social to animals and are even worse than nature. The ethical option is clearly to let nature take its course and let an equally intelligent species conduct its business as it always has. This dilemma will continue to grow until the public refuses to be part of it. And without taxpayer funding to keep the programs and parks alive, the outside world might become a little closer. an extraterrestrial coming from a world inside ours..