How is it that axolotls are listed as “critically endangered” species, but they are allowed to be pets that don’t even sell for more that much?

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Apparently there are breeders making Axolotls and they only go for a few hundred bucks at most. How is this possible? And how are so many people able to own them as pets if they are very close to extinction?

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Fun fact axolotls are essentially tiger salamanders stuck in a juvenile state. As the area around their native lakes were very arid and predator filled they stayed in the lakes which lacked big predators before now. There are two know ways to force them to finish their evolution to their adult phase which is a tiger salamander looking form. One you can force them to breath air little bits at a time but this stresses the animal a lot. The other is you can feed them thyroid meats (unsure of the animal thyroids used for this) and they will mature to their adult forms. https://youtu.be/bFkIG9S2Mmg

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