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 "municipality_id": "gx-000859",
 "municipality": "Rural Municipality of Battle River No. 438",
 "status_type": "Rural Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-13",
 "official_website": "https://rmofbattleriver.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 2012-02 Animal Units per Acre",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-03-08",
   "document_url": "https://rmofbattleriver.ca/pdfs/bylaws/Bylaw-2012-02-Animal-Units-per-acre.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted bylaw of the RM of Battle River No. 438 limiting animal units per acre near country-residential land to protect water quality. Dated this 8th day of March, 2012.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-13T16:33:18+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0276d3440b15426ff601028b23e837518e38cd8d5a06c330d66eb0cdf1c96155.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_animals": "one animal unit per 1 acre (general); one animal unit per 2 acres within 1/2 mile of country residential property",
    "fine_range": "maximum of $2,000 for each offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_animals": "s. 4, s. 5",
    "fine_range": "s. 7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/rural-municipality-of-battle-river-no-438/animal-control/text-0276d3440b15/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 2021-02 Dog Bylaw",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-01-07",
   "document_url": "https://rmofbattleriver.ca/pdfs/bylaws/Bylaw-2021-02-Dog-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted Dog Control Bylaw of the RM of Battle River No. 438 prohibiting dogs running at large. Dated this 7th day of January, 2021.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-13T16:33:18+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/aa69bd9f96459a3694fa3abceb25353fec2791f7092bd9e86f77256f91357624.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must not run at large; must be in continuous charge of a person or securely confined/fastened.",
    "max_animals": "2 dogs per household (Organized Hamlet of Delmas only; puppy litters exempt until 3 months)",
    "fine_range": "not less than fifty ($50) dollars and not more than five hundred ($500) per offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 1",
    "max_animals": "s. 6",
    "fine_range": "s. 5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/rural-municipality-of-battle-river-no-438/animal-control/text-aa69bd9f9645/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/rural-municipality-of-battle-river-no-438/animal-control/"
}