Api Elephant Domestication Center in Congo

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Api Elephant Domestication Center
Type	camp
Founded	1899
First elephant arrived	1902
Last elephant left	1930
Closed down	1930
Place	Api
Country	Congo
Related persons
Owner


Directors	1938-1946: Pierre Offerman

Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2018-06-14

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Api Elephant Domestication Center, in Api, Congo , was founded in 1899 and the first elephant arrived in 1902. The last elephant left in 1930. Api Elephant Domestication Center closed down in 1930.

Comments / picturesElephants were caught at the elephant Hunting reserve of the Bas Uele.

For many years all capture and training operations were coordinated by Commandant P.P.M. Offerman.
1910: 35 elephants.
1930: All elephants moved to Gangala-na-bodio some 250 miles east on Api.

References for records about Api Elephant Domestication Center

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Api Elephant Domestication Center, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1160. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/06/african-elephant-domestication-2.html

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