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 "municipality": "Channel-Port aux Basques",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.portauxbasques.ca/",
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   "title": "Animal Regulations (Channel-Port aux Basques, 1969)",
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   "document_url": "https://www.portauxbasques.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Animal-Regulations.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted under Local Government Act 1966; approved March 1969. Defines and regulates domestic animals within the Town of Channel-Port aux Basques.",
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   "title": "Cat Regulations, 1996",
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   "status": "adopted",
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   "document_url": "https://www.portauxbasques.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Cat-Regulations.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted under Municipalities Act 1990 ss.239 and 437. Cited as Cat Regulations of the Town of Channel-Port aux Basques, 1996. Regulates cats within the town.",
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    "licence_fee": "Six Dollars ($6.00)",
    "leash_rule": "No cat shall run at large; running at large means being in a public place or on premises not owned by or in the possession of the owner",
    "fine_range": "minimum fine of $50.00"
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    "licence_fee": "Fees to be paid on issue of annual licenses shall be Six Dollars ($6.00)",
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   "title": "Dog Regulations (Channel-Port aux Basques, 2005)",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-09-13",
   "document_url": "https://www.portauxbasques.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Dog-Regulations.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted under Municipalities Act 1999 s.414; enacted September 13, 2005. Governs dog ownership, licensing, and control within the Town of Channel-Port aux Basques.",
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    "leash_rule": "Every owner of a dog shall keep such dog tethered or penned up at all times and under the control of some person capable of controlling it",
    "fine_range": "fine of not less than $50.00 and not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00)"
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    "licence_required": "no person shall keep any dog ... unless such dog has been registered and licensed",
    "licence_fee": "Licenses to be issued free of charge",
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}