{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003458",
 "municipality": "Springdale",
 "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": "http://www.townofspringdale.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-Law - Town of Springdale",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-03-07",
   "document_url": "http://townofspringdale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Animal-Control-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Dog Control Regulations amended and adopted March 7, 2011. Originally approved September 2, 1991. Requires licensing, tagging, and leashing.",
   "capture_sha256": "0072f04c690a8bf74d871128938bbb650b81eec337fe16b5aa9f43e262c1f01a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T14:18:25+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0072f04c690a8bf74d871128938bbb650b81eec337fe16b5aa9f43e262c1f01a.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10.00 neutered/spayed; $20.00 un-neutered/un-spayed; $50.00 breeding license; $50.00 to operate a kennel",
    "leash_rule": "Every owner shall keep the dog safely tethered or penned up at all times except when under the control of a person capable of controlling it.",
    "max_animals": "no more than (4) four dogs unless a properly constructed kennel approved by the Town",
    "fine_range": "minimum fine of $100 for a first offence and a minimum fine of $200 for a second and each subsequent offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "licence_fee": "s. 3(d)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 5",
    "max_animals": "s. 14",
    "fine_range": "s. 20"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/springdale/animal-control/text-0072f04c690a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/springdale/animal-control/"
}