PUEBLA, Mexico – A 500 acre safari park in Puebla, Mexico, which is about 80 miles southeast of Mexico City, will be Jenny’s new home.

Jenny is a 31-year-old elephant that has caused a lot of controversy in Dallas.

You see, many in the Lone Star State didn’t want Jenny to be moved from the Dallas Zoo to the Africam Safari park in Mexico.

“The thing that saddened us is that there might be some discrimination thinking in our country we can’t do things the right way,” said Amy Camacho. She’s the Dallas Zoo Africam Director.

She and other opponents say Jenny should be moved to a 2,700 acre elephant sanctuary in Tennessee.

“This isn’t just about a space issue it’s about total care for an animal. We’re looking at the vet care. We’re looking at the behavioral program, We’re looking at nutritional program that they have,” said Camacho.

Despite those efforts, the lone surviving African elephant will join 1,500 animals, including three Asian elephants, that live in the natural setting south of the border.

Greggory Hudson, the Dallas Zoo director, traveled to Puebla to get a first hand look at the place.

“The countryside here is beautiful and the staff is very hard working and do a great job on the care of the animals. I’ve been impressed with the facilities that we’ve seen,” said Hudson.

In fact, the facility in Mexico is internationally accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and more improvements are being made.

Once that construction is complete, Jenny will have a four acre space, much bigger one than her home in Dallas, in which to roam.

Another female elephant from a Mexican zoo will join her there.

Critics in Dallas say Jenny should no longer be on display, but retired to a peaceful sanctuary.

“These people who are so concerned about Jenny if you ask them where is the first time they saw an elephant or fell in love with an elephant. I can guarantee you most or all of them will tell you in a zoo,” said Camacho.

Still, despite the protests, the two zoo directors say the plan to move Jenny is going smoothly and predict she’ll be in Mexico by the end of the year.

More than 1 million people visit Puebla’s safari park every year.