{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001553",
 "municipality": "Hearst",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.hearst.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Care and Control By-Law 91-06",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2006-11-28",
   "document_url": "https://www.hearst.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/91-06-animal-care-and-contro-CONSOLIDATED.pdf",
   "summary": "Consolidated animal care and control bylaw regulates dog and cat licences, at-large animals, leash/control rules, waste cleanup, noise from pets, kennels, animal limits, impoundment, and penalties.",
   "capture_sha256": "4371c61a1188727bca7ca2e68f5bcfd97bde2ad3370a89f8909a706b9b8d805c",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4371c61a1188727bca7ca2e68f5bcfd97bde2ad3370a89f8909a706b9b8d805c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$30.00; $5.00 sterilized; $20.00 cat; $5.00 sterilized cat; no fee service animal/chip",
    "leash_rule": "No animal to run at large. Off premises, dog or cat must be restrained by tether or leash under control; max 3m leash.",
    "max_animals": "four (4) in single family residential dwelling; two (2) in rental unit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2.2",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule 'C'",
    "leash_rule": "s. 2.3; s. 2.6; s. 2.7",
    "max_animals": "s. 2.16"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hearst/animal-control/text-4371c61a1188/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/hearst/animal-control/"
}