Ecosystem | Animals | The Great Migration | People
While Serengeti National Park is reserved solely for animals, many people make their homes in villages on the outskirts of the park. Area Foragers, farmers and pastoralists from a variety of groups—Hadzabe, Iraqw, Kuria, Maasai, Sukuma—share this space, using the land to feed themselves and their families.
Outside the park, the human impact varies widely. On the east end of the park, the Ngorogoro Conservation Area has established a limited footprint of wildlife and grazing cattle. The park’s unprotected west end is more developed, with agriculture predominant and native wildlife rare.
As the boundaries between village, savanna and parkland lessen, domestic animals, particularly dogs, can spread disease between protected and non-protected land. By vaccinating dogs against rabies, parvovirus and distemper, the Serengeti Health Initiative secures the health of people, pets and predators, preserving an entire ecosystem.
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