{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000449",
 "municipality": "Thorhild 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": "https://www.thorhildcounty.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw 1162-2013",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.thorhildcounty.com/Portals/0/Documents/Bylaws/Animal-Control-Bylaw-1162-2013.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the control, licensing, and impoundment of animals within Thorhild County.",
   "capture_sha256": "1b3308a64afa53e442121ed77a45718d109239c67795b42b2da2c538a063a76b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1b3308a64afa53e442121ed77a45718d109239c67795b42b2da2c538a063a76b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$30.00 Lifetime (neutered/spayed); $60.00 Lifetime (unaltered); $500.00 Annually (vicious); Free (assistance/police); $10.00 replacement tag",
    "leash_rule": "No dog shall be at large in the County. Permitted leash must not exceed two (2) metres in length.",
    "max_animals": "No more than three (3) dogs",
    "fine_range": "$100 to $1500; double for subsequent offences within one year"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4.3.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 4.6.2; s. 2.1.36",
    "max_animals": "s. 4.1.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 11.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/thorhild-county/animal-control/text-1b3308a64afa/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/thorhild-county/animal-control/"
}