{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001531",
 "municipality": "Greater Madawaska",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "https://www.greatermadawaska.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-Law 09-2008",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-04-17",
   "document_url": "https://www.greatermadawaska.com/media/3ohfnrvf/by-law-09-2008-animal-control.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates animal control, dog licensing, kennels, animals at large, nuisance animals, and penalties.",
   "capture_sha256": "895bbfed98609df3e13ffe8329188a755f58964966c6b44284b21c2702dc26c7",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/895bbfed98609df3e13ffe8329188a755f58964966c6b44284b21c2702dc26c7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15.00 per dog, spayed or neutered; $30.00 per dog NOT spayed or neutered (Before March 31); $20.00 per dog, spayed or neutered; $40.00 per dog, NOT spayed or neutered (After March 31)",
    "leash_rule": "No person shall allow their animal to run at large. At large means off owner's property and not under control of a competent person.",
    "max_animals": "three (3) dogs per location that are not puppies",
    "fine_range": "$50.00 to $400.00 (Schedule 'A'); or as provided under section 61 of the Provincial Offences Act"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4.0(a)",
    "licence_fee": "s. 4.0(a)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 10.0(a); s. 2.0(b)",
    "max_animals": "s. 3.2",
    "fine_range": "Schedule 'A'; s. 17(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/greater-madawaska/animal-control/text-895bbfed9860/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/greater-madawaska/animal-control/"
}