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 "municipality": "Thorsby",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
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   "title": "Dog Control Bylaw #2022-07",
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    "leash_rule": "Under control and held on a leash not exceeding two metres in length.",
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    "fine_range": "$25.00; $100.00; $250.00; $500.00; $2,500"
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    "licence_required": "PART IV, Section 1: \"The Owner of the dog shall obtain a license for the dog.\"",
    "leash_rule": "PART V, Section 16(b): \"Held on a leash not exceeding two metres in length.\"",
    "max_animals": "PART IV, Section 12: \"No person shall keep or have more than two (2)\"",
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   "title": "Livestock Bylaw #2016-08",
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   "document_url": "https://thorsbyab.web.catalisgov.ca/uploads/dm/100209/Livestock_Bylaw_201608.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the keeping of livestock within the Town of Thorsby, including rules on containment, straying animals, and impounding.",
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    "fine_range": "not less that that established in Schedule \"A\" and not exceeding $10,000.00; Schedule \"A\" $250.00 for a first offence"
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    "fine_range": "s. 8; Schedule \"A\""
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/thorsby/animal-control/"
}