Wild axolotls extinct :'(

[princessparrot]

Wild axolotl extinct, conservationists, literature fans sad | Communities Digital News
I hope they get found again

 

[SnakeKid698]

So Sad i have a pet axolotyl and love him so it is sad to hear.

 

[princessparrot]

So Sad i have a pet axolotyl and love him so it is sad to hear.

I'm now wondering, I plan on getting one when my tank is free again(currently has a jewel cichlid) if I should get two?

 

[Grogshla]

such a shame! they are lovely little critters

 

[dragondragon]

yeah its sad but i think if they get the waterways they are native to back to good health there is plenty in holding tanks around Mexico city there is a population in an old Olympic lake.

 

[Illium]

I seen a doco 3 or 4 years ago where they caught them in the lake, fair enough.
Well, I highly doubt they are a species to totally disappear in captivity and id assume the captive genetics would be decent.

 

[dragondragon]

Might of been same one I watched they couldn't find them in their native habitat and they had a breeding program and they released some back into the wild

 

[SteveNT]

There are tens of millions of them in the world of research and the pet trade so I would expect the population could be re-established without too much trouble if the environmental conditions were right. They are banned in the NT because they would do so well here if they got into our Wetlands.