The Newest African Imports

There have been several importations of dogs from Africa since the last registered foundation stock basenjis were accepted by the American Kennel Club in 1990.  In the interest of clarity and openness, this page has been put together so you can see photos and read a bit about these newest imports.  The information and photos shown here are what is available now.  As applications are made for each dog the required photos and other information such as health testing will be posted.

This page has been put together by the BCOA's Native Stock Committee.  It is not known which of the dogs imported will become registered foundation stock. It is not known at this time which of the dogs will actually have applications for registration made. Several of the dogs went to Europe. These are welcome here as well.

The people who have imported the dogs, have given them names which indicate which group they are in and which part of Africa they are from. Click on these four prefixes to find out about the dogs from that group:

Avongara
Avuvi
Jengi
Lukuru

This map shows the relative locations of export for each group:

Archive of Correspondence and Articles:

Initial letter from BCOA to AKC regarding registering new imports
AKC Response on 16 March 2007
Follow up letter to AKC from BCOA
A Report to BCOA Members: Progress of the Native Stock Committee (January 2008)