{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001559",
 "municipality": "Horton",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.hortontownship.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Control By-law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.hortontownship.ca/userfiles/file/cs/1578895352_637874030.pdf",
   "summary": "Official township PDF regulating dogs, including keeping, harbouring, control, and animal-control enforcement.",
   "capture_sha256": "826da5a59dbdebe48eef58cbb95a96211376697ae7bd7f0ff7f443e1c2a0f463",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/826da5a59dbdebe48eef58cbb95a96211376697ae7bd7f0ff7f443e1c2a0f463.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15.00; $20.00 2nd dog; $20.00 after Mar 31; $25.00 2nd dog after Mar 31; No Fee Service/Therapy",
    "leash_rule": "No person shall allow a dog to run at large within the Township of Horton.",
    "max_animals": "no more than two (2) dogs kept, possessed or harboured at any one household with exception to the Rural Zone",
    "fine_range": "$55; $75; $155; $250"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 4.2",
    "max_animals": "s. 10.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"E\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/horton/animal-control/text-826da5a59dbd/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/horton/animal-control/"
}