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 "municipality_id": "gx-000317",
 "municipality": "Kneehill County",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.kneehillcounty.com",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw 1840",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://kneehillcounty.com/DocumentCenter/View/1182/B1840-Animal-Control-Bylaw",
   "summary": "Governs animal control in Kneehill County including licensing of dogs and cats, vicious dog provisions, and urban hen keeping. Amended June 2021 to clarify working dog exemptions and vicious dog definitions.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2dbf48d1e30877eca2ccb02262747d9841f6354ae835b86d1ece63ebb617fe2e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "No Owner shall allow a Dog or Animal to be At Large (off premises without effective, immediate and continuous control).",
    "max_animals": "3 Dogs over six months within a Hamlet; 4 Hens; 1 Vicious Dog",
    "fine_range": "$50.00 to $1000.00; 3rd Offence COURT"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 8.1",
    "leash_rule": "RUNNING AT LARGE; s. 3.3",
    "max_animals": "s. 8.2; s. 7.5; s. 9.10",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"B\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/kneehill-county/animal-control/text-2dbf48d1e308/",
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  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/kneehill-county/animal-control/"
}