{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000400",
 "municipality": "Red Deer 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.rdcounty.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw No. 2024/01",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://reddeercounty.civicweb.net/document/41275/",
   "summary": "Governs animal licensing, control, and at-large offences within Red Deer County; enforced by County Patrol; updated in 2024 to reflect current standards.",
   "capture_sha256": "3f17f0d6f5e43101c4c28fe697c34e0fb438cfd4f8085e1e5f3677ebb6767c01",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3f17f0d6f5e43101c4c28fe697c34e0fb438cfd4f8085e1e5f3677ebb6767c01.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "In a residential area, a dog off the Owner's premises must be on a leash held by a person able to maintain immediate, effective and continuous control.",
    "max_animals": "Four or more dogs/cats over six months maintained, boarded, bred, trained, or kept for sale deemed a kennel.",
    "fine_range": "Minimum $100 to not exceeding $10,000.00; default imprisonment up to 6 months."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "\"a Dog which is off the premises of its Owner and not on a leash held by a person physically able to maintain immediate, effective and continuous control of the Animal\"",
    "max_animals": "\"any property where four or more Dogs and/or cats over six months in age are maintained, boarded, bred, trained or cared for\"; \"is deemed a kennel\"",
    "fine_range": "\"minimum of fine $100 and not exceeding $10,000.00, and in default of payment of any penalty, to imprisonment for up to 6 months\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/red-deer-county/animal-control/text-3f17f0d6f5e4/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/red-deer-county/animal-control/"
}