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 "municipality_id": "gx-001584",
 "municipality": "Kingston",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.cityofkingston.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 2021-166",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-10-05",
   "document_url": "http://www.cityofkingston.ca/bylaws-and-animal-services/commonly-requested-bylaws/bylaw-library/animal-control-bylaw/",
   "summary": "City of Kingston By-law 2021-166 regulating the keeping, registration, licensing, control and welfare of certain classes of animals; in force January 1, 2022.",
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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/649837377b260ff2f26d9c9c64716f1c3aaefb5749e5e285f6fa6bee90c31f64.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must not be off-leash in any public park or recreational area, except at a designated off-leash dog area.",
    "fine_range": "not more than $100,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5.1",
    "leash_rule": "s. 12.3(f)",
    "fine_range": "s. 20.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kingston/animal-control/text-649837377b26/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/kingston/animal-control/"
}