{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003147",
 "municipality": "Lunenburg",
 "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://townoflunenburg.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog By-law No. 938",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://townoflunenburg.ca/bylaws-2/bylaws/938-dog-by-law.html",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs in the Town of Lunenburg; covers licensing, leashing, and dogs running at large. Consolidated text with amendments to the original Dog By-law.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/82f4520e25b461aea3b8ba1caf2890822b868bd281e37a23b0921d95f44f0129.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10 neutered male/spayed bitch; $25 unneutered male/unspayed bitch; kennel $10",
    "leash_rule": "No dog shall run at large; running at large = not on owner's premises and not under immediate, continuous and effective control",
    "fine_range": "not exceeding $500.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4(1)",
    "licence_fee": "s. 4(1)(a),(b); s. 4(4)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 6; s. 2(h)",
    "fine_range": "s. 16"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-town/animal-control/text-82f4520e25b4/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Domestic and Wild Animals and Exotic Pets By-law No. 939",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://townoflunenburg.ca/bylaws-2/bylaws/939-domestic-and-wild-animals-and-exotic-pets-by-law.html",
   "summary": "Extends animal control rules beyond dogs to domestic animals, wild animals, and exotic pets within the town.",
   "capture_sha256": "0e5db7b7c8783409557c1ebe6db47f1068b16b8d92ac855409bd95b74718fc44",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0e5db7b7c8783409557c1ebe6db47f1068b16b8d92ac855409bd95b74718fc44.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "No person shall permit a domestic or wild animal to be at large; at large = not under physical restraint/control via enclosure or secure tether",
    "fine_range": "$100.00-$10,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "no person... shall cause... the domestic or wild animal to be at large",
    "fine_range": "s. 11"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-town/animal-control/text-0e5db7b7c878/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/lunenburg-town/animal-control/"
}