website suggestion.....

[CaptainVimes]

:?: :idea: I had a look at about 70 of the photos that have been submitted to the website... I fell asleep after that, I don't think I'll EVER get through them all. :lol:

The intro to the photos is as follows:

Visitor Photo Album
:study:
Welcome to the Visitor Photo Album! These are pictures of bearded dragons contributed by the members of the website. If you have a picture of your bearded dragon that you would like to see here, go to the image upload form ! And don't forget to check out the Site Photo Album  (pictures provided by the site owner).

I seriously think, from some of the photos that I have seen, from a shocking amount of Beardies in one enclosure, to shocking bright orange and green sand....

You really SHOULD have a disclaimer, perhaps stating something along the lines of:

(the long version)

"Although these photos are uploaded to, and hosted by beardeddragon.org, the owner of the entire site and the moderators and members of the website and forum, do not necessarily agree with the way some of the Beardies are actually kept.

Therefore, if you have any concerns with regard to the way these Beardies are kept, compared to the way you believe they SHOULD be kept, please remember that every beardie owner has probably learned a way to keep their beardie from their breeder, or perhaps incorrectly by a pet store that do not have proper and true knowledge of how a beardie should be kept.

If you wish to enquire on a certain aspect of beardie care, that perhaps a photo stored on this site, has caused you to question, please join the forum, (membership is free, and quick to join) and ask the question that you have in mind.

This will enable the various different members, moderators and perhaps the site owner, to discuss the situation and give relevant, factual advice, based usually on personal experience, in answer to the original question asked."

OR,

(to put it simply...)

"Although these photos are uploaded to, and hosted by beardeddragon.org, the owner of the entire site and the moderators and members of the website and forum, do not necessarily agree with the way that, some of the Beardies in the photos, are actually kept."

I don't know, I'm no good with legal text, but I DEFINITELY think you should have some sort of disclaimer, to protect the site owner, if not everyone else?

 

[beardie]

There's no real legal risk to me for what people have uploaded for those pictures. No claims are made as to what they are, nor implied. The Visitor Album is specifically described as simply photos provided by visitors to the site.

 

[AtlasStrike]

Maybe it could just say that BD.org does not necessarily endorse the husbandry habits featured in any given photo? It's not a legal issue, of course, but since the site is designed with owners in mind in order to facilitate education and exchange of information, it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing to add.

 

[CaptainVimes]

That's what I actually meant, I just called it "legal text" because I couldn't think what to call it at the time I posted heheh thanks Atlastrike