 Additionally, release of untreated wastewater from farms may spread diseases to wild Chinese giant salamanders.As of early 2008, Species360 records show only five individuals held in US zoos (Zoo Atlanta, Cincinnati Zoo, and Saint Louis Zoological Park), and an additional four in European zoos (Dresden Zoo and Rotterdam Zoo); as well as one in the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, where it is also the museum's mascot.As of 2019, London Zoo holds four individuals (one of them on display) that were seized from an illegal importation of amphibians in 2016.