{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000479",
 "municipality": "Whitecourt",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.whitecourt.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw 1580",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.whitecourt.ca/public/download/files/270711",
   "summary": "Governs responsible pet ownership and animal control in Whitecourt.",
   "capture_sha256": "998546fd8710aa9e8f526358f9128f310a24bad1734ce10bd7ce89fddadd6ba0",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/998546fd8710aa9e8f526358f9128f310a24bad1734ce10bd7ce89fddadd6ba0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Dogs and cats must not be at large; off the owner's property they must be restrained by a leash and under effective control.",
    "max_animals": "two (2) Dogs and (2) Cats",
    "fine_range": "not less than established in Schedule A- Fines, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 4.3; s. 2.3(b)",
    "max_animals": "s. 4.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 12.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/whitecourt/animal-control/text-998546fd8710/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/whitecourt/animal-control/"
}