 While the former threat is believed to be alleviated, illegal pet trade is feared to have reduced the population to maybe 1,000 adult tortoises in the two or three remaining subpopulations.Given that "T. kleinmanni" is a slow-maturing, long-lived species with few offspring (see K-strategist), This is well possibly less than the minimum viable population, eventually dooming the species to extinction in the wild.Mixing individuals from the subpopulations for reintroduction purposes should be avoided, as the ecological parameters of habitat differ.