{
 "answer": "The City of Nelson, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Animal Regulation & Control Bylaw No. 2333, 1989 (Consolidated), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000085",
 "municipality": "Nelson",
 "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://nelson.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Regulation & Control Bylaw No. 2333, 1989 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1989-02-06",
   "document_url": "https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/1025/",
   "summary": "Requires dog licensing, prohibits dogs at large, mandates leashing in designated leash areas, sets vicious-dog controls, and authorizes impoundment of unlicensed/at-large animals.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "9765f056574adf9ea5043c457de4b6e728818be42d008fafbcda22d91f996f1f",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9765f056574adf9ea5043c457de4b6e728818be42d008fafbcda22d91f996f1f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/nelson/animal-control/text-9765f056574a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/nelson/animal-control/"
}