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Help Name Taronga's Pygmy Hippo Calf
Taronga Zoo is celebrating the arrival of an endangered Pygmy Hippo calf, the first born at the Zoo in nearly seven years and we’d love your help naming this chubby baby.

To enter, select your favourite name from the shortlist that the zoo keepers have provided. Then explain in 25 words or less why that name best suits her! The most creative answer will win a voucher for two for an overnight stay at Roar & Snore and a special meet and greet with the hippo calfs keeper.

Competition entries close midnight AEDT 19th April 2017 and the most popular name and winning entry will be announced on Facebook on 24th April 2017.



Select Name *
 Amara – Meaning ‘Grace’
 Kwabena – Meaning ‘Tuesday’, the day of the week she was born
 Nakati – An African eggplant species
 Sierra – Pygmy Hippos are found in Sierra Leone
 Kamina – A city in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the species is found
Explain in 25 words or less why the name best suits the calf. *

Email Address *

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Digital Competition: Help Name Our Pygmy Hippo Cub Terms and Conditions of Entry.

1. Information on how to enter and prize forms part of these conditions of entry. Entry into this competition is deemed to be an acceptance of these terms and conditions. This is a Game of Skill.

2. Entry is open to Australian residents only who submit valid entries into this competition. Directors, employees and their immediate families of Taronga Conservation Society Australia (TCSA) Trading as Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plains Zoo (including spouse, parent, child or sibling whether or not they live in the same house), and printers, suppliers, providers and agencies associated with this promotion are not eligible to enter.

3. PROMOTIONAL PERIOD: The Promotion commences on Friday 05 April 2017 at 9.30am (AEST) and concludes on 19 April 2017 at 11.59pm (AEST).

4. HOW TO ENTER: To enter you must, during the promotional period, choose which name out of the provided five names you like, and explain why this would best suit Taronga Zoo’s Pygmy Hippo calf on the website competition page.

5. Entry is limited to one (1) per person.  No scripting is allowed for online entries (which will be deemed invalid).

6.  The winner will be the best valid entry from the total pool of entrants as judged by the judging panel, having regard to creativity and originality, at Taronga Zoo. Taronga may select additional entries to be used as replacements in the event that the first entrant chosen as a winner cannot satisfy these Terms and Conditions or take a prize. The winner will be notified by email by 24 April 2017.

7. The judges’ decision in relation to any aspect of the competition is final and binding on each person who enters. Chance plays no part in determining any winner. No correspondence will be entered into. No responsibility is accepted for late, lost or misdirected entries. Prize is subject to availability, not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash.

8. THE PRIZE: The winning entry will receive one Roar and Snore voucher for two people, valid for one year, valuing $670.00

9. All other expenses related to the prize become the responsibility of the Winner. The Winner (and their guests) are responsible for all expenses incurred including spending money, meals, travel to and from Taronga Western Plains Zoo. All other ancillary costs are the responsibility of the winner.

10. Prize Terms of use: The prize must be redeemed within twelve months from date of draw, and is subject to availability. The prize is subject to availability of staff and accommodation, and we request a minimum of four week’s notice. If the winner’s requested date is not available for any reason, an alternate date will be offered. Winners must agree to follow the guide’s instructions at all times. Taronga Zoo staff will exercise their right to ask any participant to leave the Zoo should their behaviour be disruptive.

11. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process, or who submits an entry/claim which is not in accordance with these Conditions of Entry.

12. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise from acceptance of the Prize winnings. Independent financial advice should be sought prior to entering the competition.

13. The prize must be taken as offered and cannot be varied unless authorised by the Promoter. The prize value includes GST and is in Australian dollars and is correct at time of printing. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any variation in prize value. If a prize or part of is unavailable, for whatever reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for a prize of equal or greater value.

14. Prizes are not transferable to another person or exchangeable. The prize cannot be redeemed as cash, other goods and services or sold to a third party including online auctions and private sales. Unused portions of the prize will be forfeited and no compensation will be paid in lieu of that element of the prize.

15. The Promoter’s decision in relation to any aspects of the competition is final and binding on every person who enters and no correspondence will be entered into.

16. The Promoter and its associated agencies, and companies associated with this promotion will take no responsibility for prizes damaged or lost in transit.

17. The Promoter reserves the right to request Winners to provide proof of age and identity prior to awarding the Prize.  Identification considered suitable for verification is at the discretion of the Promoter.

18. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for any personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with any prize/s except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.  The Promoter will not be responsible for any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information communicated in the course of or in connection with this promotion if the deficiency is occasioned by any cause outside the reasonable control of the Promoter including without limitation technical malfunctions or failures.

19. The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who the Promoter has reason to believe has breached any of these conditions, or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the promotion.  The Promoter’s legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an offender are reserved.

20. All entries become the property of the Promoter. The Promoter collects your information provided to enable you to participate in this promotion. Use of such information will be in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and the TCSA Privacy Policy. To facilitate your participation and/or prize, the Promoter may disclose your personal information to other companies associated with this promotion. A request to access, update or correct any information should be directed to the Promoter at their address set out below or visit www.taronga.org.au/tcsa/about/internet-privacy-policy.aspx to view TCSA Privacy Policy.  Participants can opt out of communications from TCSA at any time.

21. The entrant agrees to participate and co-operate with the Promoter as required in any possible editorial and promotional activities relating to the competition, including but not limited to being interviewed and photographed to promote this competition (including any outcome) without remuneration. Winners also agrees to grant to the Promoter a perpetual and exclusive licence to use such footage and photographs in all media worldwide and the Winner will not be entitled to any fee for such use.

22. Winners may be required to execute a Deed of Acknowledgement, Release and Indemnity in a form prescribed by the Promoter, at the Promoters discretion.

23. If for any reason this promotion is not capable of running as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures, malfunction of any telephone network or line, providers or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter, which corrupt or affect the administration security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of this promotion. The promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process.

24. In the case of the intervention of any outside agent or event which naturally changes the result or prevents or hinders its determination, including but not limited to vandalism, power failures, tempests, natural disasters, acts of God, civil unrest, strikes; the Promoter may in its absolute discretion cancel the activity and recommence it from the start on the same conditions subject to State and Territory Regulation.

25. The Promoter is Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Zoological Parks Board of NSW (ABN 41 733 619 876) of Bradleys Head Road, Mosman NSW 2088. Phone: +61 (0)2 9969 2777.