{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001791",
 "municipality": "Thessalon",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.thessalon.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2612 - Animal Care and Control By-law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-05-21",
   "document_url": "https://thessalon.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Bylaw2612-Animal-Care-and-Control-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Thessalon By-law 2612 for responsible animal care and control. Enacting clause: PASSED in Open Council this 21 day of May, 2024. (Header carries a 'Draft' label but the body contains a filled passage date and is the version published on the official site.)",
   "capture_sha256": "574dfcb19856a1af21649c8aa4130f00694be65f2d8399dceed9907b37ed4c31",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/574dfcb19856a1af21649c8aa4130f00694be65f2d8399dceed9907b37ed4c31.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "All dogs must be leashed and under control when leaving the property; a leash must not exceed three (3) metres in length.",
    "max_animals": "three (3) Dogs over the age of 12 weeks per dwelling unit",
    "fine_range": "$50.00 to $500.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "\"register such Dog with the Municipality\"; \"procure a license and Dog tag for each Dog\"",
    "leash_rule": "\"All Dogs must be leashed and under control when leaving your property\"; \"use a leash on the DomesƟc Animal that exceeds three (3)\"",
    "max_animals": "\"restricted to three (3) Dogs over the age of 12 weeks\"",
    "fine_range": "\"Fail to affix Dog tag and idenƟficaƟon tag on\"; \"$50.00\"; \"willfully and recklessly kill or cause injury or\"; \"$500.00\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/thessalon/animal-control/text-574dfcb19856/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/thessalon/animal-control/"
}