1. About this website

This website is operated by PAWS Rescue Clinic. The website provides information about our work, animal welfare activities, rescue stories, fundraising, donations, events, community support, and related initiatives.

By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use this website.

2. General information only

The information on this website is provided for general information and community awareness. It is not intended to replace veterinary advice, professional care, diagnosis, or treatment.

If you are concerned about an animal’s health or welfare, please contact a veterinarian, rescue organisation, emergency service, or relevant authority as appropriate.

3. Donations

Donations made through this website, PayPal, bank transfer, fundraising platforms, or other approved methods are used to support the purposes and activities of PAWS Rescue Clinic, including veterinary care, rescue support, animal welfare programs, equipment, supplies, and related charitable activities.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, donations are general donations and may be allocated where they are most needed. Where a campaign or appeal identifies a particular animal, rescue, or purpose, we will make reasonable efforts to use funds in line with that intention. If the need has already been met, if circumstances change, or if funds cannot reasonably be used for that specific purpose, donations may be redirected to similar animal welfare needs.

Donation refund requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Processing fees charged by third-party platforms may not be refundable.

4. Third-party payment providers

Payments or donations may be processed through third-party providers such as PayPal or other payment services. We do not control these third-party platforms and are not responsible for their systems, fees, delays, privacy practices, security settings, or terms of service.

Before making a payment or donation, please review the relevant third-party provider’s own terms and privacy policy.

5. Accuracy of information

We aim to keep information on this website accurate, current, and helpful. However, we do not guarantee that all information will always be complete, current, or free from error.

Animal stories, donation figures, project descriptions, and service information may be updated over time as new information becomes available.

6. Animal stories and images

Animal stories are shared to honour the animals helped through rescue care, veterinary treatment, foster care, and community support. Some stories may include sensitive themes such as illness, injury, neglect, surgery, euthanasia, or end-of-life care.

Images, names, medical summaries, and rescue details are shared with care and respect. Please do not copy, reproduce, modify, or reuse images, stories, or identifying information from this website without written permission.

7. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, all content on this website, including text, images, graphics, logos, layout, design elements, animal stories, and downloadable materials, is owned by or licensed to PAWS Rescue Clinic.

You may view and share links to our website for personal, educational, or community awareness purposes. You must not reproduce, republish, sell, alter, scrape, or commercially exploit website content without written permission.

8. Links to other websites

This website may include links to external websites, social media pages, rescue partners, payment providers, veterinary resources, or other third-party services. These links are provided for convenience and information only.

We are not responsible for the content, security, availability, accuracy, privacy practices, or policies of third-party websites.

9. Website availability

We aim to keep this website available and functioning, but we cannot guarantee uninterrupted access. The website may be unavailable from time to time due to maintenance, technical issues, hosting problems, updates, or circumstances outside our control.

10. User conduct

When using this website, contacting us, submitting forms, commenting, or engaging with linked social media pages, you must not submit unlawful, abusive, defamatory, misleading, threatening, harmful, spam, or malicious content.

We reserve the right to remove, moderate, ignore, report, or restrict content or communications that we consider inappropriate, unsafe, misleading, or harmful.

11. Privacy

We may collect personal information when you contact us, donate, subscribe, complete a form, participate in an event, or otherwise interact with us. Personal information may include your name, email address, phone number, donation details, and message content.

We will take reasonable steps to handle personal information carefully and use it only for appropriate purposes, such as responding to enquiries, processing donations, managing supporter communications, issuing receipts, or meeting legal and administrative obligations.

If you have a separate Privacy Policy page, link it here: [Insert Privacy Policy link].

12. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, PAWS Rescue Clinic is not liable for any loss, damage, cost, injury, or consequence arising from use of this website, reliance on website content, website interruption, third-party links, payment provider issues, or unauthorised access to information.

Nothing in these terms is intended to exclude, restrict, or modify any rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable Australian law.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Updated terms will be published on this page with a revised date. Continued use of this website after changes are published means you accept the updated terms.

14. Governing law

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of Western Australia and applicable Australian law. Any disputes will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia.

15. Contact us

If you have questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us: