{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000212",
 "municipality": "Cardston",
 "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.cardston.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 1696 - Animal Bylaw",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.cardston.ca/public/download/files/213164",
   "summary": "Regulates the keeping, licensing, and control of animals including dogs and livestock within the Town of Cardston.",
   "capture_sha256": "f74fb6be6d6e8757c6cf00a294f5152d1062112e154992ffb4c49a9255b6c4e0",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f74fb6be6d6e8757c6cf00a294f5152d1062112e154992ffb4c49a9255b6c4e0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Altered: $25 (Before March 31st or New), $35 (After); Unaltered: $40 (Before March 31st or New), $50 (After); Aggressive: $150 (Before March 31st or New), $200 (After)",
    "leash_rule": "Animals off owner's premises must be on a leash held by a person able to control the Animal.",
    "max_animals": "two (2) Cats and/or two (2) Dogs",
    "fine_range": "$100.00 to $2,000.00 (Appendix B); $500.00 to $10,000.00 (s. 72)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5",
    "licence_fee": "Appendix \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 3.25; s. 16.1",
    "max_animals": "s. 21",
    "fine_range": "s. 72; Appendix \"B\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/cardston/animal-control/text-f74fb6be6d6e/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/cardston/animal-control/"
}