How can axolotl be both critically endangered and so cheap and available in pet stores?

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How can axolotl be both critically endangered and so cheap and available in pet stores?

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Endangered typically refers to the population in the wild. In controlled conditions, it is easy and cheap to breed them. But their habitat is getting damaged so they cannot exist in large numbers without existing in a tank. So we cans breed them, but there is no longer a natural habitat to support them