--- title: "Terms and Conditions" description: "Read the terms governing use of Ugly Animals, including licences, prohibited conduct, intellectual property and liability limits." canonical: "https://uglyanimals.net/terms-and-conditions/" locale: "en" content_type: "legal_page" primary_entity: "Ugly Animals" --- # Terms and conditions These terms govern access to and use of uglyanimals.net. By using the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site. Effective date: 18 July 2026 ## Site operator and scope Ugly Animals operates uglyanimals.net. References to we, us and our mean Ugly Animals. These terms apply to the public pages, files, feeds and features supplied through this domain unless a feature clearly provides separate terms. Third-party services such as Google or Grow by Mediavine may impose their own terms when you interact with them. Those terms govern the third party's service in addition to the parts of these terms that apply to your use of this website. ## Eligibility and acceptance You may use the general educational pages if you can lawfully access them. A person using the site for an organisation confirms that they have authority to act for that organisation. Optional account, subscription or personalised features may have age requirements and separate acceptance steps. A child who cannot legally agree to those features should use them only with the involvement and valid permission of a parent or guardian. ## Limited permission to use the site Subject to these terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable permission to access the site for personal, educational or internal informational use. You may link to a public page and quote a limited portion where the law permits, with accurate attribution and without implying endorsement. This permission does not transfer ownership or grant a right to reproduce the site's design, branding, compilation, substantial text, downloadable corpus or image collection. Any permission not expressly granted is reserved. ## Prohibited conduct You must not use the site unlawfully; interfere with its operation; bypass access, rate or security controls; introduce malicious code; probe for vulnerabilities without written authorisation; impersonate another person; collect personal data unlawfully; or infringe intellectual-property, privacy or other rights. You must not scrape, mirror, frame, republish or systematically extract substantial parts of the site in a way that substitutes for the site, creates an unauthorised dataset or service, or imposes an unreasonable load. Ordinary indexing by legitimate search engines and proportionate access that follows published technical controls are not prohibited by this paragraph. You must not remove credits or rights notices, misrepresent altered material as an original Ugly Animals publication, or use the branding in a way likely to cause confusion about sponsorship, affiliation or source. ## Intellectual property and image rights The original text, design, code, branding, selection and arrangement of the site are protected by applicable copyright, trademark and other laws. Ugly Animals and its licensors retain their respective rights. Wildlife photographs may belong to photographers, institutions or other licensors and may carry terms different from the surrounding article. An image appearing here is not automatically in the public domain. We cannot grant rights owned by someone else. Contact hello@uglyanimals.net before relying on any proposed reuse. The image-licensing page explains how to report ownership, attribution or identification concerns. - [Image credits and licensing](https://uglyanimals.net/image-credits-and-licensing/) ## Messages, corrections and submissions If you send a correction, suggestion or other message, you confirm that you have the right to send it and that it does not unlawfully disclose confidential or personal information. Do not send material that requires us to keep it confidential unless we have first agreed in writing. You retain ownership of material you submit. You give us permission to review, reproduce internally and use the submission as reasonably necessary to answer you, investigate the issue, protect legal rights and make a correction or improvement. This permission is worldwide, non-exclusive and royalty-free, and ends when the purpose no longer requires it except for records we lawfully retain. ## External links and third-party services External links are provided for evidence or convenience. We do not control and are not responsible for another website's content, availability, security, privacy, terms or later changes. Accessing it is your decision. Google Analytics, Search Console or Grow may be used as explained in the Privacy and Cookie policies. Use of a Grow account or another third-party account is also governed by the provider's terms. - [Privacy Policy](https://uglyanimals.net/privacy-policy/) - [Cookie Policy](https://uglyanimals.net/cookies/) ## Changes, suspension and availability We may add, correct, reorganise, restrict, suspend or discontinue any part of the site. We do not guarantee that a particular page, URL, feature or source link will remain available indefinitely. We may restrict access where reasonably necessary to protect the site, users, rights holders or service providers, respond to law or enforce these terms. We are not obliged to preserve a copy for any particular user. ## Disclaimers and limitation of liability The Website Disclaimer is incorporated into these terms. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site is provided as available without warranties, and use or reliance is at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ugly Animals and those involved in operating it will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive loss connected with the site. Nothing excludes liability or a consumer right that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. - [Website Disclaimer](https://uglyanimals.net/disclaimer/) ## Responsibility for misuse To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to be responsible for losses, claims and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful use of the site, your material breach of these terms or your infringement of another person's rights. This section does not apply to the extent a claim was caused by our own unlawful conduct and does not reduce any mandatory consumer protection. ## General legal terms If a provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will continue. A failure to enforce a provision on one occasion is not a waiver of it. You may not transfer your rights under these terms without our written consent; we may transfer the operation of the site together with the associated rights and obligations, subject to applicable law. These terms, the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and Website Disclaimer form the agreement governing use of the site. Mandatory consumer and privacy protections in your place of residence continue to apply. Any dispute must be brought in a court that has lawful jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter. ## Changes to these terms and contact We may update these terms to reflect changes in the site, providers or law. Material changes apply from the stated effective date. Continued use after that date means the revised terms apply to later use, but does not retroactively change completed matters where the law prevents it. Questions about these terms can be sent to hello@uglyanimals.net. Legal notices should identify the sender, the relevant page or conduct and a reliable method for reply. - [Contact Ugly Animals](https://uglyanimals.net/contact-us/) Contact: hello@uglyanimals.net