I think we may be drifting a bit from the OP. In the end, good or bad; Humans want to see animals do slightly demeaming things for our enjoyment. I am not an Orca, but as a huge fat man I would much rather be fed and hang in a nicely maintained heated enclosure and wear a hat then out in the wild where the other Orcas would mock me for my fashion sense. Many, many of the animals in Aquariums/zoos would never be able to survive on their own in the wild. And also there is a lot of scientific research that happens, research that helps the animals kin out in the wild that places like Sea World and the Zoos rarely advertise.

Oceanic animals, as well as the exotic Lions and Lemurs and the very rare Empathetic Evony Customer Service Reps are super popular to watch exactly because we people have little or no chance to see them in the wild.

I was taking a Ferry from Port Angeles Wash to Victoria Island, and I was able to see some of the Orcas play in the heated water behind the Ferry propellers. A few also breahed. Now, that was amazing. It was more amazing then seeing the Orcas at Sea World as a kid because these creatures were free; were playing around- and I also knew that it was a spectacle few people will ever see.


But once again I was fairly certain if i fell in the water the Orcas would have used me as a rag doll or worse; a concubine.