Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
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Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center Centre de domestication des éléphants de Gangala-na-Bodio | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1] | |
Location | northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Nearest city | Dungu |
Coordinates | 3°40′48″N 29°08′06″E / 3.67998°N 29.13488°E |
Area | 9,829.32 km2 (3,795.12 sq mi) |
Established | 1974 |
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]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Gangala-na-Bodio". Protected Planet. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ Rorison 2008, p. 170.
- ^ Roth & Merz 1997, pp. 128–130.
- ^ Gordimer 2010, pp. 90–95.
- ^ Denis 1963, pp. 88–91.
- ^ "African Parks publishes collector's edition on Garamba National Park". www.africanparks.org. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
References
[edit]- 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.