{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001642",
 "municipality": "Mississippi Mills",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.mississippimills.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 14-21 (consolidated)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2014-05-06",
   "document_url": "http://www.mississippimills.ca/media/5bwjineu/bylaw-14-21-animal-control-consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "By-law respecting the regulation, control, protection and identification of animals; passed in open council May 6, 2014.",
   "capture_sha256": "2f5f2168f7eee6fb6760c3b2e412e61293a12ebf6a92a645fa84461bc825ee8b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2f5f2168f7eee6fb6760c3b2e412e61293a12ebf6a92a645fa84461bc825ee8b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Dog must be constrained by a leash and under direct control of owner or designate when off owner's property.",
    "max_animals": "3 dogs in Ward of Almonte and named hamlets/subdivisions; 6 dogs outside those areas; 12 dogs for hunters"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "Section II, s. 1: 'Every owner of a dog shall obtain a license annually'",
    "leash_rule": "Section V, s. 2(a)(b): 'constrained by a leash, and under the direct control of the owner or owner's designate'",
    "max_animals": "Section III, s. 1(a) and 1(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississippi-mills/animal-control/text-2f5f2168f7ee/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mississippi-mills/animal-control/"
}