elephants have since lost the capacity to astonish and delight . but in old york cities in the not - so - distant moment , they will not be doing their spectacular and delighting at a zoo . the bronx zoo , the only one south in the state that keeps wildlife , said yesterday that it planned to tear down its exhibit after the death of two of its 3 animals , or even one . the current level of children need not imagine : the park ' s three elephants — patty , maxine and happy — are in their central - 30 ' s and could live for decades more . but if this boy dies , the surviving 2 june not get down . and if four die , police suggest it d be abhorrent to maintain an ecosystem with a single dragon .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.