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Lillian Battifarano
Professor Williams
PHI2604
5/19/21
Orcas don’t do well in captivity. Here’s why summary
Orcas don’t do well in captivity. Here’s why is an article written in the National
Geographic in 2019 when an orca named Kayla died at only nineteen years old. The text
focuses on explaining why orcas should be left undisturbed in the wild. The reasons orcas are
not able to survive a substantial amount of time in amusement parks like they would naturally
in the wild (about 80-90 years) is not known but most likely has to do with the unbearable
living conditions such as extreme stress, hunger, loneliness, and lack of exercise.
Orcas by constitution and evolution need to swim about 40 miles a day and be able to
catch their pray to remain psychologically stable and physically healthy. When they are taken
from their natural habitats and placed in pools small for their size, they suffer a big
environmental change and their inability to exert their bodies in the way they are meant for
heavily impacts their social and mental behavior.
In addition, orcas develop stress in amusement parks because they are highly community-
oriented animals that’s are being isolated or randomly mixed with other orcas that have
different cultures. An example from the article that proves how stressed and psychological
unstable they are from captivity is by the way the teeth of captive orcas are severely damaged

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Lillian Battifarano Professor Williams PHI2604 5/19/21 Orcas don’t do well in captivity. Here’s why summary Orcas don’t do well in captivity. Here’s why is an article written in the National Geographic in 2019 when an orca named Kayla died at only nineteen years old. The text focuses on explaining why orcas should be left undisturbed in the wild. The reasons orcas are not able to survive a substantial amount of time in amusement parks like they would naturally in the wild (about 80-90 years) is not known but most likely has to do with the unbearable living conditions such as extreme st ...
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