{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001743",
 "municipality": "Severn",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://www.severn.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 2020-62 - Canine Control By-law (Dogs and Kennels)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-03-06",
   "document_url": "https://severn.civicweb.net/document/59515",
   "summary": "Township of Severn Canine Control By-law for the licensing and regulating of dogs and kennels and control of dogs (By-law 2020-62, consolidated via amending By-law 2024-14 passed March 6, 2024); covers dog licences and kennel licences.",
   "capture_sha256": "d6dcd7973bed301f91d0cac3e116e0dcd65c91104b803209f86def750af76f44",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d6dcd7973bed301f91d0cac3e116e0dcd65c91104b803209f86def750af76f44.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_animals": "more than 4 dogs in a dwelling unit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_animals": "s. 2.8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/severn/animal-control/text-d6dcd7973bed/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 2023-33 - Animal Control By-law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-12-06",
   "document_url": "https://severn.civicweb.net/document/51194",
   "summary": "Township of Severn By-law 2023-33 providing for the care, restriction, regulation and prohibition of animals (including exotic animals, chickens, rabbits); passed December 6, 2023 (amended by 2023-77).",
   "capture_sha256": "963b3eb28743d7bbb8fed9d298adfbb19f5475206d30d4623fdea11d84e61f53",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/963b3eb28743d7bbb8fed9d298adfbb19f5475206d30d4623fdea11d84e61f53.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "fine_range": "$500 minimum; $100,000 maximum; $10,000 for continuous or multiple offences"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "fine_range": "s. 17.1, s. 17.2, s. 17.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/severn/animal-control/text-963b3eb28743/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/severn/animal-control/"
}