{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000189",
 "municipality": "Birch Cove",
 "status_type": "Summer Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.birchcove.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "125-13 Animal Control",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://birchcove.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/125-13-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the keeping, licensing, and control of animals within Birch Cove.",
   "capture_sha256": "2dedb91b5b2d4bd61a10cda7b27e2ec2363b51b03d3e7600e6492a063366a088",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2dedb91b5b2d4bd61a10cda7b27e2ec2363b51b03d3e7600e6492a063366a088.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "No person or owner shall permit any dog to run at large within the boundaries of the Village.",
    "max_animals": "more than two small pets of one kind",
    "fine_range": "$75.00-$225.00; $300.00-$1000.00; summary conviction not to exceed $1000.00; vicious dog conviction $1000.00-$2500.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "II. REGULATIONS 3",
    "max_animals": "II. REGULATIONS 2",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\" I & III; Schedule \"B\" I & final paragraph"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/birch-cove/animal-control/text-2dedb91b5b2d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/birch-cove/animal-control/"
}