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Friday, November 16, 2012

Question of the Day

Cyber Search: A Pit Bull and a Baby on Craigslist

An owner and a dog can be reunited through Craigslist, but is it the right place to advertise, or look for, a baby for adoption?

On Friday morning, a post appeared at Craigslist indicating a female pit bull dog – brindle with a while face – had recently been found in Midtown. With a picture of the pooch, came the following: "I found a sweet female pit last night. She is brindle with a mostly white face, and white on her paws. She has a red collar with a Dekalb Rabies tag." Do you know where this sweet girl calls home? And it is Craigslist that leads to our Midtown question(s) of the day? ABC News did a special on adoption recently showing just how different it is in the digital age. In the special, it showed a reunion between an adopted child and his birth mother. The adopted mother and birth mother had met online – in an ad on Craigslist. In this particular case, …

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