{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003121",
 "municipality": "Île-de-Lamèque",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.iledelameque.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Arrêté No 14 — Arrêté concernant le contrôle des chiens (Dog Control)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-17",
   "document_url": "https://iledelameque.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Arrete-No-14-Arrete-concernant-le-controle-des-chiens-1.pdf",
   "summary": "Dog control by-law for Île-de-Lamèque; regulates ownership, dangerous dogs, kennels and at-large dogs. OCR confirms jurisdiction. First/second reading 20 May 2025, reading in full and adoption 17 June 2025.",
   "capture_sha256": "efa58d12909af10496b3839af43221c5ecc17d755433568b1d1ce0d7c253ae7c",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/efa58d12909af10496b3839af43221c5ecc17d755433568b1d1ce0d7c253ae7c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$25 non-stérilisé; $15 stérilisé ou stérilisation contre-indiquée; $200 chien dangereux; $0 chiens d'assistance/policiers et organismes de bienfaisance enregistrés; $2 remplacement plaque",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must not be 'en erre' (off-leash) in public places or on private property without that property owner's consent.",
    "max_animals": "Maximum 3 dogs over 20 weeks per dwelling; kennel licence and registered rescue orgs exempt",
    "fine_range": "$100–$1,070 (s. 3(1) violations); $250–$1,070 (s. 6(4) dangerous dog violations); $50–$1,070 (all other violations)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2(1)",
    "licence_fee": "s. 2(4), 2(5), 2(6), 2(7), 2(9); \"RÉSUMÉ DES FRAIS\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 1 def. \"erre\"; s. 5(1)(b)",
    "max_animals": "s. 9(1)",
    "fine_range": "s. 11(1), 11(2), 11(3)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/ile-de-lameque/animal-control/text-efa58d12909a/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/ile-de-lameque/animal-control/"
}