{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001590",
 "municipality": "Laird",
 "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.lairdtownship.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2040-25 — Control of Dogs",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://lairdtownship.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/By-law-2040-25-Control-of-Dogs.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted by-law for dog licensing, registration, control, impounding and dangerous-dog provisions in the Township of Laird.",
   "capture_sha256": "bd4a69866bf772f1400c1741fbd9c7cd8c8a4ab2f3af6337754a4d3087f946a1",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bd4a69866bf772f1400c1741fbd9c7cd8c8a4ab2f3af6337754a4d3087f946a1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "No Fee for all individual dogs (neutered or intact, before or after March 31); $100.00 for registered kennel; $5.00 replacement tag",
    "leash_rule": "No dog shall run at large; must be on leash within 3 meters (10 feet) of a person or leashed to a structure.",
    "max_animals": "No more than 5 dogs unless in a licensed kennel",
    "fine_range": "$75.00–$500.00 (e.g., $75 failure to license; $100 running at large; $250 more than 5 dogs; $500 dangerous/potentially dangerous dog violations)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2(a): \"every owner of a dog shall obtain a license annually\"",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\" to By-law #2040-25",
    "leash_rule": "s. 5(a) and s. 5(b): \"not to be under the care and control of a person and on a leash within 3 meters\"",
    "max_animals": "s. 2(b)(iv): \"own, harbour or keep more than 5 dogs unless in a licensed kennel\"",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\" to By-law #2040-25"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/laird/animal-control/text-bd4a69866bf7/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/laird/animal-control/"
}