Dallas Zoo gets $5 million donation for exhibit that will house Jenny the elephant

“The Dallas Zoo announced Wednesday that it has received the largest donation in its 120-year history, a $5 million gift that came as a welcome bit of good news for an institution still stuck in controversy over its last remaining elephant. ” - Dallas Morning News

Mexican zoo officials: We didn’t get Jenny the elephant; we got the short end of the stick

“Africam Safari in Puebla Mexico was at the center of it, although little was heard from that zoo’s directors or owners during the entire debate.” - The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Zoo director talks about Jenny the elephant decision

“Then Dallas Zoo officials surprised everyone last week, deciding to keep Jenny here, bring in a companion and expedite construction of a large, state-of-the-art habitat. ” - Dallas Morning News

Jenny the Elephant Attacks - Ok, No She Doesn’t

“Jenny’s supporters are again on a rampage. A number of them are speaking before the Dallas City Council in what’s become a sort of weekly political effort before the city’s elected representatives” - The Dallas Morning News

Lily Tomlin joins the fight over Dallas elephant’s fate

“A big name in Hollywood just joined the fight to send the Dallas Zoo’s last surviving elephant to a sanctuary in Tennessee. ” - Dallas Morning News

Angela Hunt: Why Jenny belongs in Tennessee sanctuary

“In its editorial “Stop Micromanaging the Dallas Zoo,” The Dallas Morning News argues that investigating a decision made by city of Dallas staff to relocate Jenny, the city’s last remaining elephant, to a zoo in Mexico is tantamount to micromanagement.” - Dallas Morning News

Owner says Mexican zoo ‘good option’ for Jenny

“That’s what the owner of Africam Safari is asking those who oppose the Dallas Zoo’s plan to move Jenny the elephant to a 500-acre animal park in the central Mexican state of Puebla. ” - Dallas Morning News

Stop micromanaging the Dallas Zoo

“Zoos are the imperfect alternative, and the Dallas Zoo’s imperfections are most evident when it comes to Jenny, the zoo’s only remaining elephant. The zoo wants to retire her to Africam, a 617-acre park near Puebla, Mexico. Africam is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which maintains high standards of full-time veterinary care, feeding and exercise. ” - Dallas Morning News

Protesters want elephant to go to sanctuary

“A group calling itself Concerned Citizens for Jenny organized the protest after zoo officials announced plans to move Jenny to the Africam Safari Park near Puebla, Mexico, in the fall. ” - Dallas Morning News

What’s big, gray and surrounded by conflict

“Why, it’s Jenny the elephant! (Who also happens to be todays (belated) topic of the day!)” - The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Zoo’s lone elephant to move to Mexican wildlife park

“Jenny, the 31-year-old African elephant, will move to the Africam Safari Park, a 617-acre forested wildlife park located 80-miles southeast of Mexico City, zoo officials said today.” - Dallas Morning News

Dallas Zoo elephant adjusts to life on her own after KeKe’s death

” Two days after her companion died, Jenny received visitors at her pen at the Dallas Zoo. Even schoolchildren were respectfully quiet when they passed the elephant exhibit Wednesday.” - Dallas Morning News

Allen girl, 9, finds mammoth’s tooth in creek

” A few months later, the Dodds got a call confirming that it was the molar of a mammoth.” - Dallas Morning News