Prizes & Other Things We Give Away

Veterinarians International (VI) sometimes gives away things for free. We want you to know precisely what’s involved.

1. What free things does VI offer?

There are essentially two types of free things from Veterinarians International:

  • things that we may choose to give you if, for example, you attend an event.

  • things you can win in a prize draw or competition.

2. How do I qualify for something free, and how do I enter or apply?

Our prize draws and competitions are free to enter and you stand an equal chance of winning whether or not you donate to our organization.

Our prize draws and competitions are open to just about everyone – with a few exceptions:

  • As you might expect, VI employees, their families, agents or anyone directly associated with the administration of any prize draw or competition may not enter.

  • We reserve the right to exclude anyone who we believe is attempting or has attempted to submit multiple entries, to undermine our security systems or who is acting as such that is contrary to the VI spirit or contrary to the spirit of the competition or prize draw.

  • If you are under 18, you must get permission from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) to enter any of our prize draws and competitions. Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of prize draw and competition entrants accept these terms and conditions on behalf of any entrant under 18.

  • Some prize draws and competitions may have special eligibility requirements which will be published separately.

  • Only one entry per person is permitted. You may enter only on your own behalf.

  • In order to win, you must be an active subscriber to VI email list(s) on the prize drawing date.

  • If there is a closing date to any prize draw or competition, we cannot accept entries received after that date.

3. How does VI choose winners?

For prize draws: there’s no skill involved – it’s literally the luck of the draw. And so we use a randomized computer selection process to pick winners. As far as possible, we try to eliminate human influence.

For competitions: entries need to be judged. In an effort to make the judging process as fair as possible, we will typically take one of two paths: (1) we might ask for votes from visitors to our site or from our database. Or (2) we might ask an independent judge or jury to choose. Independent means a person or people who didn’t enter the competition and who aren’t aware of any entries from anyone they know. In all cases, the names and other details of competition entrants aren’t revealed until after a winner is selected.

Every decision about every aspect of a prize draw or competition is final; we won’t enter into correspondence to argue the toss (whether or not you win!)

4. Prize draw and competition schedule

Our aim (but not our guarantee) is to make one prize draw each month.

We run competitions from time to time, not according to any particular schedule.

5. How will I know if I’ve won?

Winners of each prize draw or competition will be notified via email within seven (7) days of each prize draw.

If a winner does not respond to our notification within fourteen (14) days, we will send a second email, and we may also attempt to contact the winner via telephone or text. If we are unable to contact the winner within thirty (30) days of first outreach, we reserve the right to award the prize to another entrant in the same draw or competition.

Our aim is to send each prize within fourteen (14) days of receiving a response to our notification from the winner.

First name and state or country information for each winner may be used by VI in any form including advertising and inclusion in any part of our website(s) or third-party website(s).

6. The legal

Veterinarians International prize draws and competitions are organized by Veterinarians International, INC. 223 W 29th Street, New York, NY 10001. They are subject to our standard terms and conditions and are governed by the laws of New York.

If you submit an entry in any prize draw or competition, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

Prizes are non-exchangeable, non-transferable and, unless we decide otherwise, no cash or other prize alternative is available. We reserve the right to replace any prize with another of equal or greater value.

We are not liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense, direct or indirect, in any way connected with entering or winning (or not winning!) one of our prize draws or competitions. We can’t think of any actual risk of participating in one of our prize draws or competitions – and let’s hope you can’t find any – but for legal reasons we nevertheless have to make it clear that if you participate, you participate at your own risk.

We reserve the right to suspend, void or cancel any prize draw or competition where we deem it to be appropriate or necessary.

We reserve the right to update these terms from time to time. Any updated version becomes effective as soon as it is published on our website.