Mary Allen
Zithunzi za canines zopindika zimatha kuwoneka m'mabuku akale ndi ziboliboli. Chithunzi choyamba cha mtunduwo chinapezeka m'manda a Pyramid of Cheops; agalu angapezekenso pa zishango, makoma, ndi zojambula, ndipo pali ngakhale mummified Basenjis. Metropolitan Museum of Art ku New York ili ndi chiboliboli chamkuwa cha ku Babulo cha Basenji ndi mwini wake.
Basenji anawetedwa kuti azisaka. Ng’ombezi zinkagwiritsidwa ntchito pothamangitsira nyama m’malo obisalamo n’kukalowetsa m’maukonde a alenje, ndipo zinkathandizanso kupeza ndi kuloza malo obisalamo mazira komanso kuti m’midzi musakhale ndi makoswe. Mitundu yambiri ya agalu imasaka ndikuwona (monga greyhounds) kapena fungo (monga beagles), koma Basenjis amagwiritsa ntchito kuona ndi kununkhiza kuti apeze nyama zawo.
Ku Kenya, agaluwa amagwiritsidwa ntchito kukopa mikango kuti ituluke m'mapanga awo. Alenje a Amasai amagwiritsa ntchito agalu anayi pa nthawi imodzi kuti apeze mikango n’kuisiya kuthengo. Mkango ukachoka pamalo otetezeka a mphanga zake, alenje amapanga mozungulira mozungulira mphaka wamkulu.
Pansipa mupeza ma tattoo 12 abwino kwambiri agalu a Basenji:
