{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003122",
 "municipality": "Amherst",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.amherst.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Companion Animal By-Law C-04",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-11-27",
   "document_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws/5512-companion-animal-by-law-c-04/file.html",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs and companion animals in Amherst; covers licensing, leash requirements, and dangerous-animal controls. Approval date November 27, 2023 (stated on document).",
   "capture_sha256": "134d7382bbe2f129567dce100a20b53deee6af70e2b9d5b6c4481bc6345c7710",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/134d7382bbe2f129567dce100a20b53deee6af70e2b9d5b6c4481bc6345c7710.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15 spayed/neutered; $30 un-spayed/un-neutered; $15 tag replacement",
    "leash_rule": "Dog must be kept on a leash and under control on any land in Town unless on owner's premises or on land where owner consented; not at large",
    "fine_range": "First $75; second $150; third impoundment = permanent seizure (case by case)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 30",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\" Dog License Fees",
    "leash_rule": "s. 5",
    "fine_range": "s. 59"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/amherst/animal-control/text-134d7382bbe2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/amherst/animal-control/"
}