{
 "answer": "The City of Stratford, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Animal Control By-law 195-2002 (consolidated to August 11, 2014), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001774",
 "municipality": "Stratford",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "http://www.city.stratford.on.ca/",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 195-2002 (consolidated to August 11, 2014)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/stratford-ca/media/uumev5vb/animal-control-bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping/registration of animals; defines permitted, restricted and prohibited animal species; prohibits animals 'at large'; sets rules for feral cat colonies/TNR programs and animal sound (barking) complaints; enforced via Stratford Perth Humane Society.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "1f9187f9b025822140d5df47ebfb9ea8b14ff360d742392c46f0f222a782a0c6",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1f9187f9b025822140d5df47ebfb9ea8b14ff360d742392c46f0f222a782a0c6.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/stratford/animal-control/text-1f9187f9b025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/stratford/animal-control/"
}