But that can help deter people. You could say anyone can use your graphics for any reason without even a link back, but most people don't say that. Common cyberpet terms are that people can use it if they don't steal bandwidth by linking to the graphic directly and do provide a credit link back to your site, and use it only for personal webpages. You can add in other restrictions, like saying the pet owner must have a kid safe site. On a related topic, please realize that if you modify a graphic, that doesn't make it yours.
Most cyberpet creators have strict rules against changing their graphics in any way.
And you can never give out other people's pets as your own, modified or not. I try to give people lots of suggestions on this site for having their own original pets. A Note to WebTV Users , and Alternative CyberPets . Or you can display none of your pet graphics on site at all. People who email generally require people to give the url of their website.