The Api Elephant Domestication Center of the Belgian Congo

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The Api Elephant Domestication Center was a project in the Belgian Congo to tame African elephants for human work. It was a continuation of the domestication project at Kira Vunga, initiated by King Leopold II. The Center opened in 1899 and trained its first animals in 1902.

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