{
 "answer": "The City of Abbotsford, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Kennel Regulation Bylaw, 1996 (No. 267-96), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000002",
 "municipality": "Abbotsford",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.abbotsford.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Kennel Regulation Bylaw, 1996 (No. 267-96)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/1996b267",
   "summary": "Regulates and licenses kennels, animal hospitals, animal beauty parlours and hobby kennels (siting, inspection, offences); consolidated, last amended Aug 31, 2020. Note: day-to-day dog licensing/leash/dangerous-dog enforcement for Abbotsford is delivered regionally by the Fraser Valley Regional District's Animal Control Regulation Bylaw, a different-tier document not attached here.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "c7b39271416fbad9de4a34c684a0220c28838a7335bec0c1ecca77dd18cf5b17",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c7b39271416fbad9de4a34c684a0220c28838a7335bec0c1ecca77dd18cf5b17.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/abbotsford/animal-control/text-c7b39271416f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/abbotsford/animal-control/"
}