{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001824",
 "municipality": "Whitby",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.whitby.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 7392-18 - Prohibited and Regulated Animals By-law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.whitby.ca/media/odknooyk/7392-18_prohibited-and-regulated-animals-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates prohibited and regulated animals in Whitby.",
   "capture_sha256": "a5431020e7e3a484b4509b2719f8cd0b4b55e6877cc15cea1c2030bab229035b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a5431020e7e3a484b4509b2719f8cd0b4b55e6877cc15cea1c2030bab229035b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "No owner of an animal shall allow their animal to be at large.",
    "max_animals": "Max 2 ferrets or chinchillas; max 3 domestic rabbits; max 80 pigeons per dwelling unit",
    "fine_range": "maximum fine of $100,000.00; continuing offence: additional maximum fine of $10,000.00 per day"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 3.5.",
    "max_animals": "s. 3.9., s. 3.10., s. 3.8.1.",
    "fine_range": "s. 5.3."
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/whitby/animal-control/text-a5431020e7e3/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/whitby/animal-control/"
}