{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003153",
 "municipality": "Pictou",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://munpict.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animals at Large By-Law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-03-07",
   "document_url": "https://munpict.ca/assets/Uploads/Animals-at-Large.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates animals running at large in the Municipality of the County of Pictou; adopted by Council 7 Mar 2011.",
   "capture_sha256": "59f07e359b012e89dacb02e93f4357fde99ef50b310d810a7b630e435820cbc0",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/59f07e359b012e89dacb02e93f4357fde99ef50b310d810a7b630e435820cbc0.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall allow animals to be at large on private or public property; 'at large' means off owner's property and not under the owner's care",
    "fine_range": "not less than $250 and not exceeding $10,000; default imprisonment up to 45 days (payment in lieu $500)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 3; s. 2(b)",
    "fine_range": "s. 13; s. 16"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/animal-control/text-59f07e359b01/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog By-Law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://munpict.ca/assets/Bylaws-downloads/Dog-bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs dog ownership, registration and control within the Municipality of the County of Pictou.",
   "capture_sha256": "90671373daac9381323a2f86799f5e9404f6157365c8d95a7f3b5f097dee4af6",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/90671373daac9381323a2f86799f5e9404f6157365c8d95a7f3b5f097dee4af6.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "No dog shall run at large; per amendment, dog taken off owner's property must be restrained at all times by a leash sufficient to control it (except hunting/working dogs)",
    "fine_range": "ss.18(a)-(g) up to $3,000 (default up to 30 days); s.18(h) up to $10; ss.18(i)-(m) up to $20 (payment in lieu $100)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3(1)",
    "leash_rule": "Amendment s. 18(1)(a1); s. 18(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 19; s. 24"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/animal-control/text-90671373daac/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/animal-control/"
}