Why are you allowed to buy and have Axolotls as pets if their Critically Endangered?

That just sounds odd to me. Its almost extinct but yet you can buy them as pets and keep them in a tank at your home. Why is this allowed? Shouldnt we be breeding them and protecting them to try and preserve the species ?|||To understand what is being done to save the Axolotl go to the following link;





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Axolotl Forum: http://Buy-Axolotls.com/phpbb|||Very good question. The answer is that the only ones that are being kept as pets are captive bred individuals that are not protected by the endangered species regulation. Some individuals obtained captive axolotls at some point in the past and have found a way to successfully breed them. I know someone who purchased a few months ago in fact. It is funny how we approach endangered species, because you would think it would seem obvous that these captive bred animals should be returned to the wild to increase the population, right? Well the problem is what if one of these captive animals carried a bacterium or virus that has never been introduced into the few remaining wild axolotls? Oops now they are exstinct. I totally see your point though, it seems there should be some way to help the wild population, considering we humans had some hand in pushing them to the brink, yet we can't aid their recovery. Another way to think about it is to be thankful that some of us creepy reptile/amphibian breeders out there are the ones that have ensured that your grandchildren will at least be able to see these amazing creatures in a zoo long after thy have died out in the wild.|||People that buy them are probably going to breed them if they can.