Happy and Patty, the last two elephants at the Bronx Zoo. Happy and Patty have been trapped inside the Bronx Zoo for almost fifty years , and every year has added more layers of suffering that most visitors never see. Both elephants were taken from the wild as young calves. They lost their families, their herds, and the daily movement that keeps an elephant’s body and mind stable. That loss never healed, and captivity has only made the pain heavier. Inside the zoo, they live in spaces far…
