{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003309",
 "municipality": "Fortune",
 "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.townoffortune.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Regulations",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.townoffortune.ca/_files/ugd/865507_db58a9c5b3b14a948236d15c55d65df1.pdf",
   "summary": "Animal control regulations for Fortune. Amended December 17, 2025; original adoption date not extractable from scanned PDF. Prohibits livestock without council approval; fines $75–$150 for nuisance animals.",
   "capture_sha256": "2cbc8473f847c9b685374302e4adb22f24468b0fb072d3e7eddf8e5f0380d802",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T14:18:25+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2cbc8473f847c9b685374302e4adb22f24468b0fb072d3e7eddf8e5f0380d802.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Registration will be free",
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall permit any animal to roam at large on any property within the Town including streets, sidewalks, public open spaces, parks and private land other than the owner's land",
    "max_animals": "Council may limit the number of animals kept on any residential or private property within the Town of Fortune",
    "fine_range": "Impounding 1st Offence $50.00 registered / $100.00 unregistered; 2nd $75.00 / $125.00; each subsequent $100.00 / $150.00; daily fee $25.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "licence_fee": "s. 3(b)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 4",
    "max_animals": "s. 16",
    "fine_range": "s. 11"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/fortune/animal-control/text-2cbc8473f847/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/fortune/animal-control/"
}