{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000156",
 "municipality": "West Vancouver",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://westvancouver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control and Licence Bylaw No. 4545, 2008",
   "category": "animal_control",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://westvancouver.ca/government/bylaws-strategies-reports/bylaws/animal-control-and-licence-bylaw",
   "summary": "Governs dog and animal licensing and control in West Vancouver including dangerous animal provisions; dogs and backyard chickens must be licenced.",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T06:16:30+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 403,
   "capture_note": "fetch failed/blocked; not snapshotted",
   "link_dead": false
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/west-vancouver/animal-control/"
}