Please take the time to read ALL the following terms and rules below before continuing with your registration as failure to abide by the terms and rules set out below may result in your registration being suspended/cancelled.

In order to use some features on this site visitors are required to register with a username, password and valid email address. Any email address given during the registration process is used for registration purposes only and is only viewable to the admin of this forum and not to members or non-members visiting this site.

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Users can only register one username per email address and should not register multiple usernames. Each individual should register their own username and member accounts should not be shared between individuals.

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The admin reserve the right to change the registered username of any member that they consider to be inappropriate for whatever reason.

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The admin reserve the right to refuse any registration or suspend/cancel the membership of any member in violation of the Membership Rules or for any other reason as they deem appropriate without giving reason or notification. All decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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There is no obligation for Users to add any personal information to their membership profile and members should be aware that any information that they do choose to add to their profile will be viewable to other members.

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By posting on the forums, members authorise Admin and/or the Moderators to edit, move, lock or remove any post or thread for any reason considered appropriate by them. Any queries or comments relating to the editting, moving, locking or removal of any post or thread by Admin and/or the Moderators should be addressed to Admin and/or the Moderators by private message and not within forum posts. All decisions regarding the editting, moving, locking or removal of any post or thread by the Admin and/or the Moderators are final and no correspondence will be necessarily entered into.

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Any member who sees a post that they consider to be in violation of the Forum Rules should report the post promptly to the site admin via personal message. All reports will be dealt with xonfidence. The site Admin and/or Moderators will then deal with the post as they deem appropriate.

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The admin accepts no responsibility or liability for any content in posts made by members, including Moderators, in their posts including but not limited to any accuracy of information given, views and opinions expressed, advice given or any claims to professional status or experience whether posts are subject to any pre-screening process or not. Any information posted on the forums is given by way of exchange of views and opinions by members only, and any views or opinions expressed by members, including Moderators, are their own and not necessarily those of the admin.

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The forums should not be used as a means of veterinary diagnosis or prescription, and should not be used as a substitute for a consultation with a qualified veterinarian. It is possible that advice given here may be dangerous, and members should make their own checks that any advice given is safe.

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Members should consider the wording of posts carefully and thoughtfully to ensure they are constructive, polite and not likely to cause offence to others. Members should not swear and should be respectful of other members' opinions. When joking with other members members it can help to avoid misunderstandings by adding a smiley to posts

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Members should not post anything that is rude, abusive, offensive, disruptive, intended to cause trouble, threatening, racist, homophobic, sexist, ageist, pornographic, obscene, defamatory, libellous, insulting, name-calling, false, misleading, illegal, promotes illegal activity or inflammatory. Members should not post anything that infringes the intellectual property, copyright or other rights of any third party or breach any applicable laws. Members are solely responsible for any messages posted by them, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless Acorn Internet Ltd in full and permanently against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage incurred by the admin that may be caused by messages submitted by them, including consequential loss.

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Members should bear in mind when posting that members including children who may or may not be site members, and should therefore ensure that topics and content posted are suitable for a general audience and word posts appropriately.

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Advertising of any kind is not permitted within forum posts or member signatures - this includes, but is not limited to, the posting of items for sale, businesses, web sites, etc. Any member wishing to advertise on this site should visit the forsale/wanted section for details. Specifically no links to another forum. Website will be allowed with permission as long as it contains no forum. Staff may remove inappropriate links without correspondence.

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Members should post within the appropriate forum and not duplicate posts on more than one forum.

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Members should consider carefully before posting any personal details about themselves within forum posts as doing so makes these details available to viewers of the forums. Members should not post personal details or pictures of any other person unless you have their permission to do so.

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The discussion of members who have had their membership cancelled, suspended or removed and/or the reasons for the cancellation, suspension or removal of their membership accounts on the forums is not permitted.

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Members should not post requests for financial donations from members for any reason whatsoever on the forums.

Site Private Messaging System

Please read carefully the rules below which relate specifically to the site private messaging system. Use of the site private messaging system will be deemed as acceptance and understanding of these rules.

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Members sharing any personal information with any other member using the private messaging system do so at their own risk.

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The admin does not pre-screen or monitor private messages posted between members and accepts no responsibility or liability for the content of private messages posted by site members. However, the site operators are able to access private messages if needed to verify any complaint made against a member's use of the private messaging system.

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Consider the wording of private messages carefully and thoughtfully to ensure they are not likely to cause offence. Do not post anything that is rude, abusive, offensive, disruptive, intended to cause trouble, threatening, racist, homophobic, sexist, ageist, pornographic, obscene, defamatory, libellous, insulting, name-calling, false, misleading, illegal, promotes illegal activity or inflammatory. Members should not post anything that infringes the intellectual property, copyright or other rights of any third party or breach any applicable laws. Be polite to other site members at all times, do not swear and be respectful of other member's opinions.

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Do not share the personal details or pictures of any other person unless you have their permission to do so.

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Do not use the private messaging system to post messages to any other member of an advertising nature including, but not limited to, promoting items for sale, businesses, web sites, etc unless specifically requested by that member.

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Any member receiving a private message in violation of the rules should forward the message and give the username of the person who sent the message to Admin and/or the Moderators by private message who will deal with as deemed appropriate.