Wando
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) at
Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center in Congo

Biography

☨ ♀ Wando

Identification


Description
Species:	African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Management:	Assumed dead
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:	in Congo unspecified forest
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center, in Congo

Date of arrival

	Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-26: 2025-03-26:

Latest document update	2025-02-25 11:51:57
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† Wando is a dead Female ♀ African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), , assumed dead at the Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center in , in Congo.

Origin

Wando was born unknown at Congo unspecified forest.

Comments / pictures

As of 1982, there were eight elephants in captivity at Gangala-na-Bodio, Garamba National Park, northeast Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo). All were female Loxodonta africana cyclotis ("Domina," "Kiko," "Kumba," "Lukutu," "Lwiro," "Nakoto," "Wando," "Zombi"). The only male ("Doly") died in June 1979.

Source: K.K. Hillman-Allison, Randall Moore through

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Wando, African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) located at Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center in Congo. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=17145. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1183&context=elephant

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