Mary Allen
Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona o nā ʻīlio ʻiʻo i nā kiʻi a me nā kiʻi kiʻi kahiko. ʻO ka kiʻi mua o ka pua i loaʻa i nā lua kupapaʻu ma ka Pyramid of Cheops; Hiki ke loaʻa nā ʻīlio ma nā pale, nā paia, a me nā kiʻi, a aia kekahi mau Basenjis mummified. Na ka Metropolitan Museum of Art ma New York kahi kiʻi keleawe Babulonia o Basenji a me kāna mea nona.
Ua hānai ʻia nā Basenjis no ka hahai holoholona. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻīlio no ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā holoholona mai nā wahi peʻe a i loko o nā ʻupena hahai holoholona, a ua kōkua pū lākou i ka ʻimi a kuhikuhi ʻana i nā wahi peʻe hua manu a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kauhale me ka ʻole o ka iole. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻīlio ʻīlio e hahai i ka ʻike (e like me ka greyhounds) a i ʻole ke ʻala (e like me nā beagles), akā hoʻohana ʻo Basenjis i ka ʻike a me ka honi e ʻimi ai i kā lākou mea pio.
Ma Kenya, hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻīlio e hoʻowalewale i nā liona mai ko lākou mau lua. Hoʻohana ka poʻe hahai holoholona Masai i ʻehā o kēia mau ʻīlio i ka manawa e ʻimi ai i nā liona a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou i ka nahele. Ke haʻalele ka liona i ka palekana o kona lua, e hoʻopuni ka poʻe hahai holoholona i ka pōʻai nui.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā peʻa ʻīlio Basenji 12 maikaʻi loa:
