{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001702",
 "municipality": "Peterborough",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.peterborough.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal By-law 21-112",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-12-13",
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.peterborough.ca/bylaws/getFNDoc.do?class_id=20&document_id=13703",
   "summary": "Regulates humane and responsible keeping of animals in Peterborough, including cat, dog, and kennel licensing, animal control orders, running at large, penalties, and prohibited animals.",
   "capture_sha256": "4b52c4d5b5c84e3a758ccd8f459092bd77b6fdbe5c23ded8f2dea78bd3e2012c",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4b52c4d5b5c84e3a758ccd8f459092bd77b6fdbe5c23ded8f2dea78bd3e2012c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Dogs and Cats not restrained by a leash not exceeding two (2) metres in length are Running at Large.",
    "max_animals": "No more than three (3) Dogs and no more than three (3) Cats at any Premises.",
    "fine_range": "Administrative penalty: $175/day 1, $275/subsequent day (general); $500/day 1, $750/subsequent day (no licence). Offence fines: first conviction $300–$10,000; second $400–$25,000; third or subsequent $500–$50,000 per day."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 8: \"No Person may Keep a Cat, Keep a Dog or operate a Kennel except pursuant to a Licence\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 7(bb)(iii): \"not restrained by means of a leash not exceeding two (2) metres in length\"",
    "max_animals": "s. 31(g) and s. 31(h)",
    "fine_range": "s. 43, s. 44, s. 45"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/peterborough/animal-control/text-4b52c4d5b5c8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/peterborough/animal-control/"
}