{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003118",
 "municipality": "Valley Waters",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://valleywaters.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 23-07-01 — Animal Control By-Law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://valleywaters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/By-Law-23-07-01-Animal-Control.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted animal control by-law of the Village of Valley Waters under the Local Governance Act; regulates possession, harbouring and running-at-large of animals village-wide. Confirmed by OCR of the scanned PDF; third reading in 2023 (exact day illegible on scan).",
   "capture_sha256": "209d94cd73dd3c87acfdf91ee7192ea029d926a22dddb3bffa56660281554b8f",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/209d94cd73dd3c87acfdf91ee7192ea029d926a22dddb3bffa56660281554b8f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Animal must be leashed (max 1.2 m) in a public place; no exercising off own premises/enclosed park without a leash; not permitted at-large"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "III. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING",
    "leash_rule": "not secured by a leash having a maximum length of 1.2 meters"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/valley-waters/animal-control/text-209d94cd73dd/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/valley-waters/animal-control/"
}