{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000171",
 "municipality": "Athabasca",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.athabasca.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw - Bylaw 007-2024",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-10-30",
   "document_url": "https://athabasca.civicweb.net/document/6014",
   "summary": "Regulates animal control within the Town of Athabasca. Bylaw 007-2024, adopted October 30, 2024.",
   "capture_sha256": "ae438bf1bd9e71e813f5ad06bde6d95d5d7acbc20a9c657e07ff43dff79e087b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ae438bf1bd9e71e813f5ad06bde6d95d5d7acbc20a9c657e07ff43dff79e087b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Permanent License $25.00; Annual License $75.00; $35.00; $300.00; License Tag Replacement $5.00",
    "leash_rule": "Animals must not be At Large; restrained by Permitted Leash <= 3 meters held by person.",
    "fine_range": "$100.00 to $2,000.00; double for subsequent offence within 6 months"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5.4(b)",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 2.1(d); s. 2.1(t); s. 4.2",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 18.3; s. 18.4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/athabasca/animal-control/text-ae438bf1bd9e/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/athabasca/animal-control/"
}