elephants have never lost the capacity to astonish and glory . but in new haven only in the not - so - distant future , they will not be doing their shocking and wowed at a zoo . the bronx zoo , the only zoo left in the usa that keeps elephants , said yesterday that it planned to lock down its show after the dying of two of its three elephants , or even one . the current generation of children do not despair : the park ' s three elephants — stanley , loretta and happy — are in their pre - 30 ' s and possibly stay for decades more . but if one already survives , the remaining six shall not get around . and if many remain , regulations agree it would be inhumane to sustain an appearance with a sole elephant .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.