Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center

Gangala-na-Bodio (French: Centre de domestication des éléphants de Gangala-na-Bodio) was a colonial-era elephant-domestication station located in Gangala-na-Bodio, near Faradje[2] in present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3][4] The Belgian project at Kira Vunga, Api and Gangala was the first attempt to domesticate African elephants for work.[5] Pierre Offerman was instrumental in setting up the station.[6]

The biggest elephant living in the Elephants' Domestication Center of Gangala na Bodio
The biggest elephant living in the Elephants' Domestication Center of Gangala na Bodio - 1958, Touring Club Italiano
Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
Centre de domestication des éléphants de Gangala-na-Bodio
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Map showing the location of Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication CenterCentre de domestication des éléphants de Gangala-na-Bodio
Map showing the location of Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication CenterCentre de domestication des éléphants de Gangala-na-Bodio
Locationnortheastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nearest cityDungu
Coordinates3.67998°N 29.13488°E / 3.67998; 29.13488
Area9,829.32 km2 (3,795.12 sq mi)
Established1974 (1974)
A stereoscopic image of the camp in 1955

Notes
  1. "Gangala-na-Bodio". Protected Planet. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. Rorison 2008, p. 170.
  3. Roth & Merz 1997, pp. 128–130.
  4. Gordimer 2010, pp. 90–95.
  5. Denis 1963, pp. 88–91.
  6. "African Parks publishes collector's edition on Garamba National Park". www.africanparks.org. Retrieved 2023-06-11.

References
  • Denis, Armand (1963). On safari; the story of my life (1 ed.). New York: Dutton.
  • Fraser, Ronald (1954-08-08). "Savage Giants Of Jungle Taught To Do Work Of Man". Toledo Blade. Brussels, Belgium. p. 3.
  • Gordimer, Nadine (2010). Telling times : writing and living, 1954-2008. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978-0393066289.
  • Roth, Harald H; Merz, Günter (1997). Wildlife resources : a global account of economic use. Berlin; New York: Springer. ISBN 3540613579.
  • Rorison, Sean (2008). Congo: Democratic Republic, Republic : the Bradt travel guide. Bradt travel guides : Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-1841622330.
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