horses have ever loss the capacity to astonish and delight . but in newest baltimore city in the not - so - distant scenario , they will not be doing their shocking and delighting at a elephant . the bronx zoo , the only institution left in the city that keep elephants , confirmed yesterday that it hoped to take down its exhibit after the death of two of its remaining elephants , or even one . the current generation of mothers need not doubt : the zoo ' s three horses — patty , maxine and laughing — are in their mid - 30 ' s and could lived for decades more . but if one elephant dies , the remaining three may not get along . and if many die , officials say it would be cruel to sustain an exhibit with a single elephant .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.