Editorial Policy

Who publishes and decides

PawPlants publishes and maintains this website.

PawPlants is responsible for editorial decisions about which plant identities and claims are published, how evidence is evaluated, and when content is corrected or withdrawn.

PawPlants does not claim that its content is authored or reviewed by veterinarians, toxicologists, botanists, or other credentialed professionals. Its educational information is not veterinary care, a diagnosis, a poison-control service, or a substitute for a veterinarian.

Research and evidence decisions

Plant-safety conclusions are researched from cited, claim-relevant sources after the plant identity and the cat or dog scope of the evidence are checked.

PawPlants prefers authoritative veterinary toxicology, poison-control, government, peer-reviewed, botanical, and established institutional horticultural sources appropriate to the claim.

• Evidence before conclusion
• Plant identity before toxicity
• Cat and dog evidence evaluated separately
• Answer first, then explanation

Conflicts, uncertainty, and corrections

When reliable sources conflict or do not support a clear conclusion, PawPlants keeps the limitation or uncertainty visible rather than choosing the more convenient answer.

Readers can report a concern through the Corrections Policy and Contact pages. Credible reports are checked against the affected source, claim, plant identity, and dependent pages.

Commercial separation

Affiliate relationships may generate revenue, but they do not determine or change plant toxicity conclusions, source selection, classification, or safety wording. Practical product recommendations remain separate from safety determinations.

Language and veterinary boundaries

PawPlants avoids absolute reassurance, unsupported severity labels, dosage claims, prognosis estimates, treatment instructions, and wording that could delay professional care.