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at the tone of the commentary be civil and respectful. Comments including but not limited to the following may be deleted or edited by the moderators:

-Off-topic and spam comments (this includes promotion or solicitation of events, groups, pages, Websites, organizations, products and programs not related to or affiliated with Animal Friends);

-Comments that use foul language or "hate speech" (for example, including but not limited to racial, ethnic or gender bashing language);

-Personal attacks or defamatory statements or comments (i.e., making negative personal or untrue comments about a participant), instead of just criticizing his/her posting, opinion or comments;

-Comments that violate the privacy of any individual

-Comments that promote "witch-hunting" or "brigading" (A concentrated effort by one online group to manipulate another)

-Comments that promote illegal activities or provide support to individuals or organizations that promote animal cruelty;

-Comments that use Animal Friends' page as a platform for re-homing your pets. If you are looking for a new home for your pet, please contact us at 412.847.7078 to learn more about our surrender policy.

-Comments that contain requests for financial assistance on your personal owned pets. Those in need of individual financial assistance may find this resource helpful: http://www.thinkingoutsidethecage.org/site/c.elKWIeOUIhJ6H/b.8629697/k.84E1/Directory_of_Pet_Resources.htm#crisis

We will remove content and messages which do not follow the above guidelines. Animal Friends reserves the right to delete any contribution, or take action against any account, at any time, for any reason, including permanent bans. We reserve the right to modify or expand the above guidelines as necessary.