{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000781",
 "municipality": "Muenster",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-13",
 "official_website": "https://www.villageofmuenster.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw No. 8/2025",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.villageofmuenster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bylaw-2025-08-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Village of Muenster Bylaw No. 8/2025 to license and regulate pets, cats and dogs, and the running at large of animals.",
   "capture_sha256": "b9c9d1fa7fb90693ae663a04b7a5460b4016a669d6c926488e2566a02be6c206",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-13T16:33:18+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b9c9d1fa7fb90693ae663a04b7a5460b4016a669d6c926488e2566a02be6c206.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10.00; $10.00 neutered",
    "leash_rule": "No animal shall run at large; must be under direct control, in enclosure, or securely fastened.",
    "max_animals": "No more than two (2) animals on any one property",
    "fine_range": "$25.00–$2,000.00 (individual); up to $5,000 (corporation); Schedule #3 minimums: $25–$300 per offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4(a) \"Every person within the municipality who owns, possesses, or harbors and animal over six months shall obtain a license\"",
    "licence_fee": "s. 4(c) table: \"For each animal $10.00 / For each neutered animal $10.00\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 7 \"No animal shall run at large in the municipality\" and s. 3(f) definition of Running at Large",
    "max_animals": "s. 18 \"No person shall, within the Village of Muenster, harbor or keep more than two (2) animals on any one property\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 21 \"fine of not less than $25.00 and not more than $2,000.00\" / \"not more than $5,000\" (corporation); Schedule #3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/muenster/animal-control/text-b9c9d1fa7fb9/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/muenster/animal-control/"
}