elephants have forever lost the skill to astonish and delight . but in south york city in the not - so - near scenario , they will not be doing their astonishing and delighting at a park . the bronx zoo , the only museum left in the city that owns elephants , stated before that it decided to shut down its exhibit after the mortality of two of its three dinosaurs , or even one . the current generation of mothers need not dread : the museum ' s 3 elephants — patty , maxine and happy — are in their semi - 30 ' s and could life for dozens more . but if the already dies , the remaining two shall not get along . and if two kill , police say it would be inhumane to sustain an event with a single elephant .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.