kids have never lost the need to astonish and delight . but in new york city in the not - so - distant future , they will not be doing their shocking and delighting at a circus . the bronx hospital , the only zoo available in the city that keeps elephants , said ago that it planned to closed down its exhibit after the death of four of its four residents , or just one . the future generation of children will not despair : the zoo ' s remaining horses — sandy , maxine and happy — are in their mid - 30 ' s and could live for decades more . but if 1 elephant dies , the remaining two must not gotten along . and if two die , officials say it would be inhumane to establish an exhibit with a single elephant .
The Bronx Zoo is the biggest zoo in New York.