{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001752",
 "municipality": "South Bruce",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.town.southbruce.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2018-39 Animal Control",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.southbruce.ca/media/l1oi2gxg/by-law-2018-39-animal-control-1.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipal animal control by-law regulating keeping, registration, licensing, control, welfare, dogs, kennels, and enforcement.",
   "capture_sha256": "0ecb8b5c20e2f1fefee9fd1db3661576000f52d1b4f48b472a3fd1f698b2c829",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0ecb8b5c20e2f1fefee9fd1db3661576000f52d1b4f48b472a3fd1f698b2c829.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Dog must be on a leash max 6 feet long, held by a competent person; on municipal property if not at a designated leash-free park.",
    "max_animals": "Urban areas: max 2 dogs per dwelling unit; rural areas: max 3 dogs per property (without kennel licence)",
    "fine_range": "$125.00–$200.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5.1",
    "leash_rule": "s. 13.3; s. 13.5",
    "max_animals": "s. 4.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/south-bruce/animal-control/text-0ecb8b5c20e2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/south-bruce/animal-control/"
}