Status
The population estimate is around 550,000. The population had declined 60% from 1978 to 2005. Threats to Thomson’s gazelles are tourist impacts, habitat modification, fire management, and road development. Surveys have reported steep declines (60-70%) over periods of about 20 years dating from the late 1970s in several places, including the main strongholds for the species: Serengeti, Masai Mara, and Ngorongoro.
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