1. The contest is open to all pet rescues and shelters that are listed on HeLP and that have at least 1 pet available for adoption listed on the website (www.helpinglostpets.com). The rescue/shelter must be based in either Canada or the United States.

2. The contest period begins on Sun. May. 20, 2012 12:01 am EST and ends on Mon. Jun. 18, 2012 11:59 pm EST.

3. Rescues/Shelters that join the website during the contest period are eligible to win.

4. Only rescues/shelters that have adoptable pets will be available to receive a vote on any given day during the contest period. If a rescue/shelter does not have pets they will not be available to be voted for. The pets for adoption are determined each time the contest page is loaded.

5. Only registered members of Helping Lost Pets are eligible to vote. People can register to join the site at any time. Only one account is allowed per person. To register as new member just visit http://www.helpinglostpets.com/vote/Register.aspx

6. Each member can vote only once per calendar day. Bonus votes may be awarded to members that have set their map location and are receiving email alerts for missing and found pets.

7. The winner of the contest will have recorded the most votes during the contest period. In the event, two or more rescues/shelters have the same number of votes, the winner will be chosen by a random draw.

8. There are multiple prizes that could be won by a rescue/shelter.  Each pledge or prize has a condition that must be met in order to win the prize.  The owner/operator of the website Goddard Information Systems Limited. (GISL) is not responsible to ensure that pledges made by other individuals or businesses are actually transferred to the rescue/shelter.  We will do our utmost to ensure the pledges won are transferred, however, we are not responsible if a person/business does not fulfil their pledge.

9. At the close of the contest, GISL will contact each person/business that has made a pledge and advise them if their pledge was won.  We will contact each rescue/shelter that won the pledge also.

10. GISL reserves the right to determine the final eligibility of the winning organizations after examining and auditing the votes. GISL reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any votes that appear to be created by an automated system, duplicated or appear to be fraudulent in any way.

11. GISL and HeLP are not responsible for any inability to vote or participate in the contest due to computer issues, connectivity issues, problems with the website or for any other reason.

12. Questions regarding the contest or website should be directed to support@helpinglostpets.com

13. The final determination of the winners in the contest is the sole discretion of GISL.