{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000198",
 "municipality": "Bow Island",
 "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.bowisland.com",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://bowisland.com/vertical/sites/%7B4ACC65DF-9D2F-4E8F-9096-A2CD3E3D88E6%7D/uploads/Bylaw_2023_02_Animal_Control_Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the control, licensing, and impoundment of animals within Bow Island.",
   "capture_sha256": "5a47a2378174adb34b18ae72af356bf1850dca50fc4036c190c992f03f3a375a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5a47a2378174adb34b18ae72af356bf1850dca50fc4036c190c992f03f3a375a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "causing or permitting the running at large of an animal within the Town",
    "max_animals": "2 dogs",
    "fine_range": "not less than seventy five (75.00) and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 13(a)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 4",
    "max_animals": "s. 15(a)(ii)",
    "fine_range": "s. 40(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/bow-island/animal-control/text-5a47a2378174/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/bow-island/animal-control/"
}