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 "municipality_id": "gx-001538",
 "municipality": "Guelph",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://guelph.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law (2016)-20122",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-12-19",
   "document_url": "https://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/animalcontrolbylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "City of Guelph By-law (2016)-20122 regulating keeping, licensing and control of animals (amended by (2018)-20313).",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/350a6a087cdf326564b178b0d56b95d8f1667710bdd05a076a55accab52b66fa.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "No Keeper shall permit Dog to be Leash-free except on land owned/occupied by Keeper, another's land with permission, or leash-free area.",
    "fine_range": "liable to a maximum fine of $10,000 for each offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 17",
    "leash_rule": "s. 30(a); s. 31(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 39"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/guelph/animal-control/text-350a6a087cdf/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/guelph/animal-control/"
}