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 "municipality_id": "gx-003138",
 "municipality": "Digby",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.digby.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Feeding of Wild Birds and Animals By-law No. 2022-02",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-09-06",
   "document_url": "https://www.digby.ca/873-by-law-2022-02-feeding-of-wild-birds-and-animals-1/file.html",
   "summary": "Regulates feeding of wild birds and animals in the Town of Digby to control nuisance and safety hazards. First reading 2 Aug 2022; second reading 6 Sept 2022.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c27287728ffa1371bce885305710f06051941144a627c39a26c4a9a9186a4915.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "fine_range": "not less than $50.00 and not more than $1,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "fine_range": "s. 7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/digby-town/animal-control/text-c27287728ffa/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "The Dog By-Law No. 2021-01",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-08-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.digby.ca/752-the-dog-by-law-2021-01/file.html",
   "summary": "Requires dogs off the owner's property to be leashed; regulates dangerous dogs, registration, and running at large in the Town of Digby. First reading 5 July 2021; second reading 3 Aug 2021.",
   "capture_sha256": "fc6575cc6be9edc776394a1f53189f67ed07e6bcc5758a91209c61712f5d1110",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/fc6575cc6be9edc776394a1f53189f67ed07e6bcc5758a91209c61712f5d1110.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$25.00 per dog (good for the life of the Dog); kennels $25.00 annual",
    "leash_rule": "Owner shall ensure Dog off owner's property is under control by means of either a harness or a leash; tethered dog able to leave property boundaries is running at large",
    "max_animals": "No more than three Dogs may be kept on any property",
    "fine_range": "$100-$300 by offence (e.g. at large $200, attack $300, feces $165); other sections up to $1,000"
   },
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    "licence_required": "s. 3.a",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"2\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 6.a; s. 2.e",
    "max_animals": "s. 5.h",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"1\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/digby-town/animal-control/text-fc6575cc6be9/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "The Urban Chicken By-law No. 2020-02",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-09-08",
   "document_url": "https://www.digby.ca/658-the-urban-chicken-by-law-2020-02-1/file.html",
   "summary": "Permits keeping of urban chickens in the Town of Digby subject to conditions on numbers, enclosures, and sanitation. First reading 4 Aug 2020; second reading 8 Sept 2020.",
   "capture_sha256": "29c1fef805d0ce86a375df92a503905acacd8a14c58d404101d05609e4fc2a6b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/29c1fef805d0ce86a375df92a503905acacd8a14c58d404101d05609e4fc2a6b.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$30.00 annual Chicken Coop License Fee",
    "leash_rule": "Hens must be kept in the Coop at all times and not run at large; no Rooster permitted",
    "max_animals": "no more than six (6) hens on any residential property",
    "fine_range": "not less than $150 and not more than $1,000; $250.00 payment in lieu of prosecution"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3(b)",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 5(a)(vi)(vii); s. 3(a)",
    "max_animals": "s. 5(a)(i)",
    "fine_range": "s. 7(b)(d)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/digby-town/animal-control/text-29c1fef805d0/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/digby-town/animal-control/"
}