{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003139",
 "municipality": "East Hants",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.easthants.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Bylaw P-1000 (amended by P-1000-2)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-03-25",
   "document_url": "https://www.easthants.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Bylaw-P-1000-2-amendment-to-Bylaw-P-1000-Dog-Bylaw-Approved-March-25-26.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of the District of East Hants Dog Bylaw requiring leash control off the owner's property and regulating fierce/dangerous dogs and registration. Amendment P-1000-2 passed by Council March 25, 2026.",
   "capture_sha256": "28b1b16e148a00f2d930a73807b3f793a570c0ffb23cb0b2ca9c91348bfc5680",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/28b1b16e148a00f2d930a73807b3f793a570c0ffb23cb0b2ca9c91348bfc5680.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "lifetime registration fee set by policy of Council (amount not stated in bylaw); Service Dog exempt from fee",
    "leash_rule": "Owner shall, while Dog is off the property occupied by the Owner, keep the Dog under control by means of a harness or Leash; tethered dog able to leave property is Running at Large",
    "fine_range": "general not more than $500.00; offences under s.6 not more than $5,000.00; obstruction $100-$10,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.1",
    "licence_fee": "s. 3.4; s. 3.5",
    "leash_rule": "s. 2(v) Running at Large",
    "fine_range": "ss. 13.1-13.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/east-hants/animal-control/text-28b1b16e148a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/east-hants/animal-control/"
}