Ilissa Harb shared with us her story when she bought an illegally shipped kitten, from a breeder. Please read her story below:I bought a cat. My friends told me to adopt but I insisted on buying one because I wanted a pure breed, a Scottish fold. I searched on a well-known selling platform and found the perfect one. I immediately fell in love with his pictures and contacted George, the breeder. He sent me a video to show me the kitten, and that was how Mishka was supposed to look like: Screenshot extracted from the video sent by the breeder But when I actually got him, he looked like this (after a warm long bath): On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, I went to Dora to get Mishka. He was horrifyingly skinny, very dirty, he smelled like poop, he was shivering and his whiskers were cut off. Add to that, Mishka was actually 2 months old, but on the passport, it was written that he was 4 (the fraud was intended in order to be able to ship him to Lebanon). I paid George 250$ for the kitten, and once he gave him to me, he asked me not to take Mishka to the vet for 7 days because he needs to ‘rest’. When we reached home, I gave him a bath, dried him immediately then kept him warm. I stayed up all night taking care of him: He was very weak.A few hours later, Mishka started having diarrhea, so I …
I WANTED A PURE BREED, A SCOTTISH FOLD
