{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003105",
 "municipality": "Shediac",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.shediac.org",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law No. 25-18 — Dog Control",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-07-14",
   "document_url": "https://shediac.ca/images/arretes/Arrete-By-Law%2025-18%20Controle%20des%20chiens.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Shediac dog control bylaw (bilingual), third reading and passing July 14 2025; repeals prior 2010 bylaw. Governs licensing, dangerous dogs, control of dogs.",
   "capture_sha256": "015289247c1c661dc3b0fa9b2102de911fcea436df4de51cb49321686be92223",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/015289247c1c661dc3b0fa9b2102de911fcea436df4de51cb49321686be92223.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "TBD; determined annually at municipal budget adoption",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must be secured by a leash of maximum 2 metres in a public place or on private property other than the owner's.",
    "max_animals": "3 dogs",
    "fine_range": "$150–$750 (most offences, first–third+); $500 or court (dog attacks/bites, first); court only (dog kills person or animal)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "\"A resident of the town of Shediac shall only own a dog if they hold a valid license issued under this bylaw\"",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\" — \"annual: TBD\"; \"determined each year when the municipality's annual budget is adopted\"",
    "leash_rule": "\"Running at large\" means any animal not secured by a leash having a maximum length of two (2) meters in a public place, or on a private property other than the property of the owner",
    "max_animals": "s. 2.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"B\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/shediac/animal-control/text-015289247c1c/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/shediac/animal-control/"
}