{
 "answer": "The City of St. Thomas, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Animal Control By-law 71-2011 (Consolidated July 2021), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001770",
 "municipality": "St. Thomas",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.stthomas.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 71-2011 (Consolidated July 2021)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.stthomas.ca/common/pages/GetFile.ashx?key=2JAQATdu",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs, cats and other animals in St. Thomas: licensing/tag requirements, leash and control rules, number-of-animals limits, and enforcement provisions.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "27076d610a049236f163bd34a5baf231bc89f747e84ba84571605234b83e8f99",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "adopted_date": "2011-05-16",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/27076d610a049236f163bd34a5baf231bc89f747e84ba84571605234b83e8f99.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/st-thomas/animal-control/text-27076d610a04/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-thomas/animal-control/"
}