The pet that was deemed illegal was for sale and I was going to purchase.
The owner and I were friends and he knew that I had the Snow Ridgeback, Ethereal Hiryu, Blaze Cu's and the red Invasion Imp... so he knew I'd be interested.
I saw the pet, saw that it was bonded, and lored it. We killed it and rezzed it to make sure it would stay the "same" and wouldn't POOF!
After all that vetting, I still wanted to make doubly sure that I would not lose my investment, so I messaged Mesanna and asked her it's status.
Without hesitation she said it wasn't legal and if I had bought it I would be subject to the penalties of possession of said pet.
I don't want to get into what the pet was, but I can tell you that it was VERY CLOSE to having an Ancient Wyrm on a leash....