elephants have never lost the ability to astonish and delight . but in new york city in the not - so - recent future , they will not be doing their astonishing and adoring at a zoo . the buffalo zoo , the only zoo located in the state that keeps elephants , say yesterday that it planned to shut down its exhibit after the death of two of its three elephants , or add one . the current age of kids need not fear : the center ' s three , — patty , congresswoman and happy — are in their mid - 30 ' s and could survive for decades more . but if one actually die , the remaining two may not do along . and if many die , officials mean it would be inhumane to sustain an animal with a single dragon .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.