{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003389",
 "municipality": "Mount Pearl",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.mountpearl.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Regulations 2019",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-07-09",
   "document_url": "https://www.mountpearl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Animal-Control-Regulations-2019-07-19.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires dogs and cats tethered or under owner control in public. Mandatory pet licensing at City Hall. Loose animals impounded; release fees apply.",
   "capture_sha256": "14c1f2332a07f36b45b6db2032a7c3c8f67aa53bfde5f26871eb79bca02fac77",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T14:18:25+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/14c1f2332a07f36b45b6db2032a7c3c8f67aa53bfde5f26871eb79bca02fac77.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Owner shall keep animal indoors, safely tethered or penned at all times except when under control by having the animal on a leash; not required in a City-owned dog park",
    "max_animals": "No person shall keep more than five animals on any land or in any building (excludes animals under 3 months; kennel/permit exceptions)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5",
    "leash_rule": "s. 13(a)",
    "max_animals": "s. 16"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/mount-pearl/animal-control/text-14c1f2332a07/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/mount-pearl/animal-control/"
}