RISPCA Warning Purchasing Pets on Craigslist

By: News Staff

news@abc6.com

The Rhode Island SPCA is warning residents about purchasing pets through Craigslist.

The message comes after they received a puppy named Amelia from a Warwick woman who says she purchased the dog through an ad.

When the woman met the seller in the parking lot of a Home Depot in Natick, she noticed Amelia’s bloated stomach and took her to a vet.

The vet revealed that the dog had several medical issues including hook-worms and roundworms.

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