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IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE: BY SIGNING THIS RELEASE, PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THE RISKS DESCRIBED BELOW, GIVES UP CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO ASSERT CLAIMS AGAINST THE RELEASED PARTIES FOR THEIR ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE. PARTICIPANT SHOULD READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING.

This Release, Waiver of Liability, Assumption of Risk, and Media Consent (the "Release") is entered into by the undersigned participant ("Participant") in favor of Great Plains Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc. ("Great Plains SPCA") and its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, agents, representatives, sponsors, successors, and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties"). Participant desires to engage in Great Plains SPCA-sponsored programs, volunteer work, events, animal handling, premises activities, and other activities authorized by Great Plains SPCA (individually “Activity” and collectively, the "Activities"). Participant understands that participation is voluntary and may involve physical labor, close contact with animals, use of equipment, and other potentially hazardous conditions. Participant freely and voluntarily executes this Release without duress. This Release is intended for participants who are at least 18 years old and legally competent to contract and may be used for Activities occurring in Kansas or Missouri. A minor participant must use Great Plains SPCA's separate minor participant/parent or legal guardian agreement.

1.             ANNUAL TERM; COVERED ACTIVITIES. This Release is effective on the date the Participant signs below (the "Effective Date") and remains in effect through 11:59 p.m. local time on the day immediately preceding the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the "Term"). It applies to each and every Activity in which Participant participates during the Term, whether participation occurs on one or multiple occasions, on or off Great Plains SPCA premises, and in Kansas or Missouri. This Release does not automatically renew. Great Plains SPCA may require Participant to execute a new, replacement, or supplemental agreement at any time as a condition of participation, including for an Activity involving additional or different risks. Nothing in this Release creates a right to participate in any Activity. Expiration of the Term does not affect any release, waiver, assumption of risk, indemnification, defense obligation, media or publicity authorization, or other provision applicable to an Activity, occurrence, claim, or obligation arising during the Term, and those provisions survive to the extent necessary to give them effect.

2.             ASSUMPTION OF RISK. Participant understands that the Activities involve inherent and other risks, whether known or unknown, foreseeable or unforeseeable. These risks may include, without limitation: unpredictable animal behavior, including frightened, reactive, aggressive, or escaping animals; bites, scratches, puncture wounds, crushing injuries, facial injuries, scarring, infection, kicks, collisions, or being knocked down; bites, scratches, kicks, collisions, or escapes; zoonotic diseases and other illnesses; exposure to allergens, parasites, bodily fluids, cleaning agents, disinfectants, medications, or other substances; slips, trips, falls, uneven or wet surfaces; lifting, carrying, bending, repetitive motion, and other physical exertion; contact with cages, leashes, tools, sharp objects, vehicles, or equipment; acts or omissions of other participants or members of the public; and risks associated with off-site activities or transportation, including boarding, exiting, loading, unloading, riding in, or operation of vehicles, when included in the Activities. Participant knowingly and voluntarily assumes all risks of injury, illness, death, or property damage arising from or relating to the Activities, including risks arising from the ordinary negligence of a Released Party, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, risks for which a Released Party might otherwise be subject to strict or statutory liability because of ownership, possession, custody, control, or handling of an animal.

3.          RELEASE OF ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE; STRICT AND STATUTORY LIABILITY.To the fullest extent permitted by the law applicable under the Governing Law; Venue; Severability section below, and in consideration of being permitted to participate in the Activities, Participant knowingly and voluntarily releases, waives, covenants not to sue, and forever discharges the Released Parties from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses, whether known or unknown, arising out of or relating to bodily injury, personal injury, illness, death, or property damage sustained by Participant in connection with the Activities, INCLUDING CLAIMS CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF A RELEASED PARTY and including ordinary negligent acts or omissions relating to the selection, intake, behavioral assessment or evaluation, classification, training, restraint, custody, supervision, handling, or placement of an animal; failure to warn of animal behavior or other hazards; participant or volunteer training or supervision; premises conditions; equipment; transportation or operation of a motor vehicle; or the conduct of the Activities. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PARTICIPANT ALSO RELEASES CLAIMS BASED ON STRICT OR STATUTORY LIABILITY ARISING FROM A RELEASED PARTY'S OWNERSHIP, POSSESSION, CUSTODY, CONTROL, OR HANDLING OF AN ANIMAL, INCLUDING, WHEN APPLICABLE, CLAIMS UNDER SECTION 273.036, RSMo. This Release does not apply to conduct or liability that applicable law does not permit to be released, including, to the extent applicable, gross negligence, wanton or reckless conduct, or willful or intentional misconduct. Nothing in this Release waives workers' compensation benefits or any other right or remedy that applicable law makes nonwaivable.

4.             SAFETY RULES.Participant agrees to follow all Great Plains SPCA safety rules, instructions, animal-handling procedures, and staff directions; to use required safety equipment; to immediately report unsafe conditions, injuries, bites, scratches, or exposures; and to refrain from any Activity Participant believes cannot be performed safely. Participant understands that Great Plains SPCA may limit, suspend, or terminate participation at any time in its discretion for safety, animal-welfare, or operational reasons, without liability to Company for resulting lost time or Company expense except to the extent applicable law requires otherwise.

5.             EMERGENCY MEDICAL AUTHORIZATION; INSURANCE; EXPENSES. Great Plains SPCA does not provide health, accident, disability, or property insurance for Participant. Participant is solely responsible for medical, ambulance, transportation, and personal-property expenses arising from participation in the Activities. If Participant is unable to consent in an emergency, Participant authorizes Great Plains SPCA to seek or arrange reasonably necessary emergency medical assistance, but Great Plains SPCA assumes no obligation to provide or pay for such care.

6.             MEDIA AND PUBLICITY CONSENT.Participant's selection (select consent preference at the bottom): If Participant selects "I CONSENT," Participant grants Great Plains SPCA a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free permission to photograph, record, reproduce, edit, publish, display, and otherwise use Participant's name, image, likeness, and voice in photographs, audio recordings, and video recordings created in connection with the Activities for Great Plains SPCA's educational, charitable, fundraising, promotional, advertising, website, and social-media purposes, in any media now known or later developed. Participant waives any right to inspect or approve the finished use and any right to compensation for such use. This media consent is voluntary and is not a condition of participation. If Participant does not initial either choice, Participant will be treated as having selected "I DO NOT CONSENT." Any later written request to withdraw consent will apply only to new recordings and new uses first initiated after Great Plains SPCA receives and reasonably processes the request; it will not require recall, removal, destruction, or cessation of materials already created, published, distributed, or committed for publication.

7.             INDEMNIFICATION.To the fullest extent permitted by the law applicable under the Governing Law; Venue; Severability section below,Participant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against third-party claims, losses, damages, liabilities, judgments, settlements, and reasonable attorneys' fees to the extent arising out of or caused by Participant's own negligence or intentional misconduct, material violation of Great Plains SPCA safety rules or instructions, or breach of this Release. This indemnification does not require Participant to indemnify any Released Party for that Released Party's own negligence or other fault.

8.             GOVERNING LAW; VENUE; SEVERABILITY.This Release is intended to be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by the law applicable to the Activities. If the Activity giving rise to a claim principally occurred in Kansas, this Release and the claim shall be governed by Kansas law. If the Activity giving rise to a claim principally occurred in Missouri, this Release and the claim shall be governed by Missouri law. In either case, the governing state's substantive law applies without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise. Any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Release or the Activities shall be brought exclusively in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas or in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas located in Kansas City, Kansas, unless applicable law requires otherwise; each party consents to personal jurisdiction and venue exclusively in such courts to the fullest extent permitted by law. If any provision of this Release is held invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall be severed or limited to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Participant acknowledges that Participant has read this Release, understands it, has had the opportunity to ask questions before signing, and signs it knowingly and voluntarily.

 

BY SIGNING BELOW, PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PARTICIPANT IS AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AND LEGALLY COMPETENT TO SIGN THIS RELEASE; HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THIS RELEASE; AND UNDERSTANDS THAT IT INCLUDES A RELEASE OF CLAIMS FOR THE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASED PARTIES AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CERTAIN STRICT OR STATUTORY LIABILITY CLAIMS ARISING FROM ANIMAL OWNERSHIP, POSSESSION, CUSTODY, CONTROL, OR HANDLING. PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS RELEASE APPLIES TO ALL ACTIVITIES DURING THE TERM.

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Parent(s) or Court-Appointed Legal Guardian(s) must sign for any participating minor (those under 18 years of age) and agree that they and the minor are subject to all the terms of this document, as set forth above.


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