Lucy Hale steps out cradling newly adopted PUPPY Ethel… previously fostered by Kristen Bell

Lucy Hale revealed this Saturday that she just adopted a puppy called Ethel – who was previously fostered by none other than Kristen Bell.

The 31-year-old Pretty Little Liars star was spotted with her new pooch while stepping out in Los Angeles that day.

She cradled Ethel in both hands, swaddling the puppy in a pink knit scarf as she sauntered out into a parking lot.

Lucy made sure to take the precaution of wearing a mask as she emerged from lockdown amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

She wore a casually stylish ensemble that included a shirt dress with Breton stripes, a pair of aviators and some low-top boots.

Lucy also posted an Instagram album of herself at home with Ethel, who was getting to know the actress’ other dog Elvis.

While dressed in the same Breton stripe shirt-dress, she sat on the grass in her backyard and hugged both her pets.

‘My little family of 3. Everyone meet Ethel,’ wrote Lucy in the caption of the album, which also included a couple clips of her new arrival.

‘Thank you Melissa and everyone at @wagmorpets for rescuing her & for all you do to find safe homes for these angels,’ gushed the Katy Keene actress.

Lucy made sure to include a mention of the Frozen star: ‘And big thank you to the best @kristenanniebell for fostering!! We love u.’

Meanwhile that same day Kristen posted her own Instagram album showing herself with a few puppies – one of whom appeared to be Ethel.

‘Just finished fostering some itty bitty new rescue pups from @wagmorpets – they are all adopted as of TODAY(yay!!)!’ she crowed in the caption.

‘But if your looking, @wagmorpets has lots more rescues avail!’ Kristen added as a helpful tip to her 14.6 million Instagram followers.