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Rescue Giveaway Rules



Shortened Rules:

Rescue Giveaway Rules

Eligibility: Open to animal rescues located in the contiguous U.S., Washington, D.C., and Canada.

Entry Period: Rescue Giveaway runs from January 16, 2025, to January 28, 2025.

How to Enter:

Nominate your favourite rescue by tagging them in the comments and commenting what makes them heroes on the pinned Instagram post on DNA My Dog’s Instagram page.

Like the pinned Instagram post and follow @DNAMydog and @dreamworksdogman

Winners: Winners will be selected via a random drawing on or about January 28, 2025, and will be notified via Instagram messenger.

Agreement: By entering, you agree to these rules and the Sponsor’s decisions. Universal is not a sponsor or administrator of this Giveaway. Entrants are providing information to Sponsor and not Universal.

For full rules and details, please refer to the official rules here


Full contest rules:

The following are the official rules (“Rules”) for the Rescue Giveaway (the “giveaway”). In order to enter the giveaway, you must agree to these Rules. You agree that submission of an entry form and/or participation in the giveaway constitutes your agreement to these Rules.


NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.


Eligibility: Open to animal rescues located in the contiguous U.S., Washington, D.C., and Canada.

Sponsor: This giveaway is sponsored by Canadian Dog Group Ltd (dba DNA My Dog) (“DNA My Dog” or “Sponsor”), a company headquartered at 1543 Kingston Road, Toronto, ON, M1N 1R9, Canada. Entry: The giveaway runs from 12:00:00 AM, January 16, 2024 to 11:59:59 PM January 28, 2025 (“Giveaway Period”). For purposes of these Rules, all times are Eastern Standard Time. To enter the Giveaway, during the Giveaway Period, Entrants must: Visit and “follow” the official DNA My Dog and Dog Man Movie Instagram pages, “like” the DNA My Dog Instagram pinned post, and tag their favourite animal rescue and comment what makes them heroes. A purchase or payment of any kind will not increase your chances of winning. Winners (defined below) will be randomly selected from the pool of entries. Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Giveaway. Limitations: All Entries must be received by the end of the Giveaway Period. Entries by any method other than set forth above in Section 3 are void. Any use of automated or programmed methods of effecting Entry is prohibited. Neither DNA My Dog nor Universal, or their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives (individually and collectively, “Releasees”) are responsible for Entries from persons residing, or physically located, outside of Canada and the United States; Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misrouted, multiple, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules; lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider, website or other connections; miscommunications; failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines or technical failure; failed phone, computer hardware or software failures, technical errors or difficulties; telephone transmissions; technical failures; unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; garbled or jumbled transmissions; undeliverable emails resulting from any form of active or passive email filtering; insufficient space in entrant’s email account to receive email; or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, human, mechanical, printing, production or technical errors or other causes, even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees. Each of such potential Entries will be disqualified.

Entry Errors: Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected Entries, which will be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible if online service or equipment is interrupted including without limitation: (1) interruptions to any network, server, Internet, Web site, telephone, satellite, computer or other connections, (2) failures of any telephone, satellite, hardware, software or other equipment, (3) garbled, misdirected or jumbled transmissions, or traffic congestion, (4) other errors of any kind, whether human, technical, mechanical or electronic, (5) the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information or the failure to capture any such information, or (6) printing or typographical errors.

Prizes: Three (3) winning rescues (“winners”) will receive a $3000.00 gift card for food and supplies and five (5) DNA My Dog Essential Breed ID Tests. The total value of the grand prize will not exceed $5,124.99. All expenses not specifically mentioned herein are not included and are solely the Winner’s responsibility, including but not limited to: ground transportation between the Grand Prize Winner’s residence and the location of the private Screening, alcoholic beverages, tax, food, gratuities and tips, insurance, merchandise, parking, and hotel reservations. Prize elements may not be separated. Prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible Entries are received. Note: you must be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of date of entry to enter the Giveaway.

Procedures: All Entries must be received by the end of the Giveaway Period. On or about January 28, 2025, in a random drawing conducted by the Sponsor, the potential Winners will be selected from among all eligible Entries received. The decision of the Sponsor shall be final and binding. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible Entries received.

Winners: On or about January 28, 2025, the potential Winners will be notified via Instagram messenger to obtain a mailing address as well as any additional required information or responses. Winners will be notified within seven (7) business days after the Giveaway Period ends. Entrants are responsible for checking their messages and ensuring that their information is up-to-date and accurate. At the sole discretion of the Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate Winner may result from any of the following: [1] potential Winner’s failure to respond to email or phone notification within twenty four hours after transmission; [2] the return of a message as undeliverable after three (3) attempts; [3] the return of any other notification as undeliverable; [4] potential Winner’s failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof of age, identity and residency; [5] potential Winner’s failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the account associated with the winning Entry; [6] potential Winner’s failure to provide required additional information upon Sponsor’s request; [7] potential Winner’s failure to validly claim a prize within 48 hours of the sent time of the notification email and [8] any other noncompliance with the Rules. In the event of any prize forfeiture, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award or not award the forfeited Prize to an alternate Winner.

Acceptance of Official Rules: As a condition of entry, Entrants fully and unconditionally agree to these Rules, to the terms and conditions of Prize drawings and to Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any provision of these Rules shall not constitute the waiver of such provision.

Liability: You agree that DNA My Dog, Universal, and each of their respective parents, related, subsidiaries and affiliates and all its advertising and Giveaway agencies as well as Instagram and Facebook (“Meta Platforms, Inc.”), TikTok Inc.(“TikTok”), and their prize partners will have no liability whatsoever in connection with this Giveaway and, you shall hold them harmless for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind that you or others may incur as a consequence of your participation in the Giveaway or your acceptance, use or misuse of a prize. By entering the Giveaway, entrant explicitly releases, discharges and holds harmless DNA My Dog, Universal, and each of its successors and assigns and all its respective shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as Meta Platforms, Inc., TikTok Inc. (“TikTok”), and their prize partners, one and all, from any and all liability, actions, causes of action, damages, actual, incidental or consequential, claims and demands whatsoever in law or equity, including attorneys’ fees and/or experts fees and costs, which he/she now has or may acquire, by reason of any personal injury, death, loss of or damage to property, or any reason, occurring during or arising out of his/her participation in the Giveaway and the acceptance and use or misuse of a prize. The Releasees are not responsible for any injury or damage to persons or property, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Giveaway or receipt or use or misuse of the Prize. Universal is not a sponsor or administrator of this Giveaway. Entrants will be providing information to Sponsor and not to Universal.


This Contest shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Except where prohibited, by participating in this Contest, each entrant agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor and each of its respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensees and assigns, and sponsors, advertisers, partners and agencies from, and against, any claim or cause of action arising out of his/her participation in the Contest, or receipt or use of any prize. Entrants agree that all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs. For Residents of Quebec Only: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement. Sponsor will not be responsible for late, lost, stolen, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, falsified or destroyed entries, and all such entries are void. Sponsor will not assume any responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error, printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data or transmissions or other liability or injury or damage to person(s) or property that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by an entrant’s participation in the Contest. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered are void. Any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately damage, interfere with or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and/or civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these full Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Under no circumstances will more prizes than those set forth in these full Official Rules be awarded. If a printing, technical or any other error occurs that results in more potential winners than available prizes, Sponsor may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible potential prize winners to award the indicated number of prizes in dispute. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. If, for any reason, the Contest is not able to be conducted as planned; or if the Contest is corrupted or does not allow the proper execution of entry collection, prize drawing and/or processing of entries in accordance with these full Official Rules for any reason; or if tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures or any other causes, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, odds of winning, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual implicated in such action and/or subject, in Quebec, to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and conduct a random drawing from all non-suspect eligible entries received prior to termination to select a potential winner.

Agreement to Official Rules and Privacy: By entering this Contest, you acknowledge having read these Official Rules and agree to be bound by them and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding on all entrants. Entrant survey data becomes the property of Sponsor when submitted and will be used in accordance with the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy available at Privacy Policy | DNA My Dog

Winners’ List: The winning rescues will be posted on DNA My Dog’s Social Media pages once the winner has been finally determined. Winners will be contacted by DNA My Dog via Instagram messenger.