{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000247",
 "municipality": "Cowley",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://cowley.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw No. 368",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://cowley.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/368-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Village of Cowley bylaw governing animal control within the municipality.",
   "capture_sha256": "00c560b7a7c53280a5a5f348248a6b053d7c204b28e1a657e6de3c3101c96da4",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/00c560b7a7c53280a5a5f348248a6b053d7c204b28e1a657e6de3c3101c96da4.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Spayed or Neutered Dogs: $20.00 (amended from $15.00 effective Aug 18, 2009); Others: deleted by amendment (was $30.00); Service Dogs: No Charge",
    "leash_rule": "No dog or cat may run at large within Village limits; guard/dangerous dogs must be on leash under adult supervision.",
    "max_animals": "Maximum 2 dogs per household; excess permitted only if a litter of registered dogs, removed within 90 days of birth",
    "fine_range": "$20.00/mo/dog (over-limit dogs) and $25.00/day (s.3.24 violation) up to $1,000.00 (animal attacks and injures person)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "\"Every person who owns, keeps, or harbors any dog shall register the dog\"",
    "licence_fee": "\"Change Spayed or Neutered Dogs to read $20.00\"",
    "leash_rule": "\"shall permit or otherwise allow such dog or cat to run at large\"",
    "max_animals": "\"more that 2 dogs at any one house or premise\"",
    "fine_range": "\"Animal Attacks Person\"; \"Any number of dogs per houschold over two\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/cowley/animal-control/text-00c560b7a7c5/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/cowley/animal-control/"
}