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To make a lot of money and enjoy the performing they do. But they don't have to capture them anymore.

First SeaWorld came up with making a place so people can find out about sea creatures and make money to protect the oceans. So they built Seaworld and caught some sea animals and made sure they caught males and females they made them breed and make babies and when the babies grew the parents will pass away then the babies that are adults.

Make babies and it just goes on Ok on to killer whales just like i was saying they catch female and male the babies make babies and goes on so THE killer whale's lifes are just performing they do not belong in the ocean they cannot hunt the performing is there life they like it they get to see how we live while they perform and see the way the trainers live JUST BECAUSE they perform doesn't mean they are wild.

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