[fieryone]

I see pros to both CL and a rescue. Either way you are giving a homeless animal a home. On one hand, getting a pig from a rescue more or less ensures that you will get a healthy, non-pregnant animal. You don't have that guarantee with a CL piggie or maybe even a shelter that specializes more in cats and dogs like a humane society, etc. With the CL piggies you are saving them from going to another potential owner who will cast them off or not give them a life that they deserve, but you can't guarantee that they're not ill, etc. You can get a sense about people though through their emails and going to look at the animal listed on CL. But either way the piggies and you win by giving them a good, loving home. I don't think you can go wrong either way