{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001637",
 "municipality": "Midland",
 "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.midland.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 2024-36",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.midland.ca/media-manager/media-pages/by-laws/animal-control-by-law/",
   "summary": "Prohibits or regulates the keeping of certain animals and feeding of wildlife within Midland.",
   "capture_sha256": "c29a7651ce478413b5002e454c09c1d79572f3774fd541442077c9cbe849fdb9",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c29a7651ce478413b5002e454c09c1d79572f3774fd541442077c9cbe849fdb9.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_animals": "No more than two cats over 12 weeks per dwelling unit; no more than two rabbits per dwelling unit (except on lands assessed/zoned as farmlands)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_animals": "\"can be kept at any one time\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/midland/animal-control/text-c29a7651ce47/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Licensing & Control of Dogs By-law 2009-18",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.midland.ca/media-manager/media-pages/by-laws/licensing-control-of-dogs-by-law/",
   "summary": "Establishes dog licensing and control rules, including annual licences, kennel licences, dog limits, and leashing.",
   "capture_sha256": "743d742f1a19ed45229758922478b71613fd3f42a971088863c09c45cbcd0c68",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/743d742f1a19ed45229758922478b71613fd3f42a971088863c09c45cbcd0c68.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must be leashed and held by someone who can control them using a leash no longer than 1.5 metres when in public.",
    "max_animals": "No more than two dogs per dwelling unit; kennel licence required for more than two dogs over 12 weeks of age."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "Every dog owner shall register and obtain a dog licence annually",
    "leash_rule": "leash no longer than 1.5 metres when in public",
    "max_animals": "No more than two dogs shall be harboured, at any one time, in a dwelling unit"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/midland/animal-control/text-743d742f1a19/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/midland/animal-control/"
}