Terms of Service

Burrow & Branch — pineconepets.com

Last updated: June 2025

These are the rules for using this site. They are written plainly because plain language saves everyone time.

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What Burrow & Branch Is

Burrow & Branch is an independent editorial publication covering pet behavior, animal science, and the natural world. Content is produced for general informational purposes. Nothing on pineconepets.com constitutes veterinary, medical, or professional advice. If your animal is sick, call a vet — not a website.

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Advertising & Sponsored Content

This site is funded by advertising revenue. Display ads, programmatic ads, and occasionally sponsored or partnered content appear on our pages. Sponsored content is labeled as such. The presence of advertising does not imply endorsement of any advertiser's products or services by Burrow & Branch, and advertisers have no editorial influence over our coverage.

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Using This Site

You may read, link to, and share our content for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not:

Scrape, copy, republish, or redistribute our articles or original media without written permission
Use automated tools to access the site at scale in ways that degrade performance
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the site's infrastructure
Use the site to transmit spam, malware, or any unlawful material

Fair-use quotation with clear attribution is fine. Wholesale reproduction is not.

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Intellectual Property

All original editorial content, photography, illustration, and design on pineconepets.com belongs to Burrow & Branch or is used under license. The Burrow & Branch name and associated marks are proprietary.

If you submit content to us — a tip, a letter, a photo — you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, edit, and publish it in connection with the site. We will not claim ownership of your work, but we cannot operate if every submission comes with conditions.

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Third-Party Links

We link to external sites because the web is a better place when it connects things. We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or accuracy of any site we link to. A link is not an endorsement.

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Disclaimers

Content on Burrow & Branch is provided as is. We work hard to be accurate, but we make no warranties — express or implied — about the completeness, reliability, or fitness for any particular purpose of anything published here. The animal kingdom is complicated. So is the internet.

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Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Burrow & Branch, its editors, contributors, and operators are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of this site or reliance on its content. This includes, but is not limited to, decisions made about your pets based on information read here.

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Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms when the site or legal landscape requires it. Material changes will be noted with an updated date at the top. Continued use of the site after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms.

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Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the state in which Burrow & Branch operates, without regard to conflict-of-law provisions.

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Questions about these terms? Email hello@pineconepets.com.