160 years in a tank (and a hamster)
From 34 axolotls in Paris to a tiger salamander in Minnesota. And a hamster from Aleppo with the same story and no paperwork.
Received · pending
The axolotl is both one of the most endangered animals on Earth and one of the most widely bred in captivity. The law resolved the paradox the way it resolves everything: with a form for each case.
Proposal: make the axolotl a budgie
CITES already exempts four parrots because they're mass-bred. The albino axolotl qualifies better: its albinism isn't even axolotl.
Spain rescues 29 axolotls from a fish tank and keeps them safe in another fish tank
The crime: no paperwork. The destination: a zoo. The carp in Xochimilco: no news.
Who's the axolotl? A guide to getting outraged at the right animal
A congresswoman shows off her axolotls, social media explodes, and nobody asks about the water in Xochimilco.
Critically endangered in the canal, overpopulated in the tank, and paperwork for both
Half a century on CITES Appendix II. Wild axolotls keep disappearing; lab axolotls still need a permit to travel.
Form AX-II/b: Sworn statement of never having seen Xochimilco
Our proposal to simplify the process. In triplicate.