She hoped the law suit would go ahead, and if it did she would go to the US for it.
"In a perfect world we would get these animals out of there and have them retired."
Visser has been researching orcas since 1992 and said now was the time to do this because scientific research revealed the intelligence of orcas, their culture, social structures and the distances they swam.
She said animals in the wild swam large distances regularly, something captive orcas clearly couldn't do.
There was also evidence of negative effects of living in captivity. Visser said their lifespans were shortened and they behaved abnormally.
She said in the wild the average orca lifespan was more than 50 years, whereas in captivity the average was less than nine years.
