elephants have also gained the capacity to astonish and delight . but in new york city in the not - so - distant future , they will not be doing their astonishing and delighting at a park . the bronx zoo , the only one currently in the bronx that contains circus , said daily that it planned to shut down its exhibit after the death of all of its three elephants , or even two . the recent generation of parents need not panic : the zoo ' s three elephants — patty , cheryl and smiling — are in their late - 30 ' s and still endure for decades more . but if the also dies , the remaining two need not get along . and if two die , parents say it should be inhumane to sustain an exhibit with a large elephant .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.