elephants have recently lost the capacity to astonish and delight . but in fresh york or in the not - so - uncertain moment , they will not be doing their astonishing and delight at a zoo . the bronx zoo , the only park left in the city that retains elephants , said yesterday that it planned to shut down its exposition after the death of either of its three elephants , or even one . the current age of infants should not despair : the show ' s other animals — patty , maxine and sunny — are in their mid - 30 ' s and they wait for decades more . but if no one died , the remaining 2 may not get apart . and if four die , officials say it would be unjust to sustain an exhibit with a third elephant .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.