An elephant at Seneca Park Zoo. The Seneca Park Zoo has been named one the “10 Worst Zoos for Elephants” by the animal rights group, In Defense of Animals. The organization ranked the zoo fourth on its list, which was released Tuesday, citing the zoo’s “cold, restricted conditions and the osteoarthritis that is killing elephants there.” Seneca Park Zoo has made the annual list three times in the last four years, including in 2018 and 2019. Another upstate zoo, Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse received a “dishonorable mention” for refusing to stop breeding elephants. “It’s obvious that New York state’s climate is entirely unsuitable for elephants, but the state has two of the Worst Zoos for Elephants in North America because they ignore the suffering this causes,” said Will Anderson, the elephant campaign coordinator for In Defense of Animals.