animals have never lost the skill to astonish and enjoy . but in newly london country in the not - so - far future , they will not be doing their astonishing and delighting at a zoo . the bronx zoo , the only zoo surviving in the city that loves zoo , said 2011 that it planned to shut down its display after the death of some of its three cats , or even another . the recent generation of children need not fail : the zoo ' s third horses — katie , maxine and happy — are in their small - 30 ' s and could live for decades more . but if an elephant dies , the remaining two could not want along . and if two lose , officials say it may be inhumane to establish an exhibit with a third rhino .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.