{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001740",
 "municipality": "Scugog",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "https://www.scugog.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 85-08 Office Consolidation",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-10-06",
   "document_url": "https://www.scugog.ca/media/w4fe1doe/85-08-animal-control-by-law-consolidation.pdf",
   "summary": "Office consolidation of Scugog's animal control by-law regulating licensing, prohibitions, animal limits, care, dogs, cats, kennels, and enforcement.",
   "capture_sha256": "cd2bf05e05841c1ac92a8f3e7bf86fac845b4b177400d16718eb6907c7da8def",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/cd2bf05e05841c1ac92a8f3e7bf86fac845b4b177400d16718eb6907c7da8def.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Dog - spayed or neutered: $20.00; Dog - unaltered - 1st dog: $30.00; 2nd dog: $35.00; 3rd dog: $40.00",
    "leash_rule": "Every Owner of a Dog shall control such Dog on a Leash when the Dog is away from its Household.",
    "max_animals": "No household shall keep more than two (2) Dogs; no household shall keep more than three (3) cats"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2.2",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule A — Licence Fees",
    "leash_rule": "s. 3.1.3",
    "max_animals": "s. 5.2.1; s. 5.1.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/scugog/animal-control/text-cd2bf05e0584/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/scugog/animal-control/"
}