{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001241",
 "municipality": "Windthorst",
 "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.windthorstvillage.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "A Bylaw To License And Regulate The Running At Large Of Dogs And Cats (No. 3/2014)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.windthorstvillage.ca/public/download/files/256586",
   "summary": "Village of Windthorst Bylaw 3/2014 licensing and regulating dogs and cats running at large. In force July 15, 2014. OCR-confirmed.",
   "capture_sha256": "6cf81538a7d1a5afe1729d776c0839e25ea52a886662e3212b12f776a5bd6587",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-13T16:33:18+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6cf81538a7d1a5afe1729d776c0839e25ea52a886662e3212b12f776a5bd6587.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$30.00 non-sterilized; $15.00 sterilized",
    "leash_rule": "No dog or cat shall run at large in the municipality.",
    "max_animals": "No more than three dogs and/or cats in total",
    "fine_range": "$25.00–$500.00 (varies by offence; $100.00 for running at large; $50.00–$500.00 for tampering/obstruction; $60.00 s.4; $50.00 s.9; $25.00 s.10)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2(a)",
    "licence_fee": "s. 2 (i)(ii): 'for each non-sterilized dog or cat: $ 30.00' / 'for each sterilized dog or cat: $ 15.00'",
    "leash_rule": "s. 5: 'No dog or cat shall run at large in the municipality.'",
    "max_animals": "s. 9: 'No person shall own, possess or harbour more than three dogs and/or cats in total in the Village.'",
    "fine_range": "s. 11 ($50.00–$500.00), s. 18 ($100.00 per offence), s. 12(i–iii) ($25.00–$60.00)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/windthorst/animal-control/text-6cf81538a7d1/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/windthorst/animal-control/"
}