{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003047",
 "municipality": "Bathurst",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-07",
 "official_website": "http://www.bathurst.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law No. 2012-04 — By-Law Regulating the Keeping and Controlling of Companion Animals in the City of Bathurst",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-01-21",
   "document_url": "https://www.bathurst.ca/en/secure_document/10/bylaw/file",
   "summary": "Governs the keeping and control of companion animals (dogs and cats) within the City of Bathurst. Enacted January 21, 2013; amended by 2012-04A (2015). Licensing and registration-tag rules in the bilingual PDF.",
   "capture_sha256": "7c740a4fc79a88ca491ef00d3feaa5863de671900e73227bbb0b9fef58f11d5d",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7c740a4fc79a88ca491ef00d3feaa5863de671900e73227bbb0b9fef58f11d5d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Dog (male or female): $35; dog neutered: $10; dog spayed: $10; dangerous dog: $200; cat: $5",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs prohibited at large off owner's property except in designated off-leash areas; must be on leash and under control",
    "fine_range": "1st offence: $100; 2nd offence: $200; 3rd offence: $300; $500 if voluntary payment not received before court hearing"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 6B(6)",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 6A(4)",
    "fine_range": "s. 12(5); s. 12(6)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/bathurst/animal-control/text-7c740a4fc79a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/bathurst/animal-control/"
}