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Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center

Coordinates: 3°40′48″N 29°08′06″E / 3.67998°N 29.13488°E / 3.67998; 29.13488
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Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
Map showing the location of Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
Map showing the location of Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
Locationnortheastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nearest cityDungu
Coordinates3°40′48″N 29°08′06″E / 3.67998°N 29.13488°E / 3.67998; 29.13488

Gangala-na-bodio was a colonial-era elephant-domestication station located near Faradje[1] in present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2][3] The Belgian project at Kira Vunga, Api and Gangala was the first attempt to domesticate African elephants for work.[4]

A stereoscopic image of the camp in 1955

Notes

  1. ^ Rorison 2008, p. 170.
  2. ^ Roth 1997, pp. 128–130.
  3. ^ Gordimer 2010, pp. 90–95.
  4. ^ Denis 1963, pp. 88–91.

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 0393066282.
  • Roth, Harald H; Günter Merz (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 1841622338.


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