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 "municipality_id": "gx-003129",
 "municipality": "Berwick",
 "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.berwick.ca/",
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   "title": "Animal Bylaw (amended June 12, 2001)",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2001-06-12",
   "document_url": "https://www.berwick.ca/370-animal-bylaw-amended-june-12-2021/file.html",
   "summary": "Governs animal control in the Town of Berwick. Document history: enacted July 9 1963; last amendment June 12 2001 (sections 76-91 repealed). Filename '2021' is a typo; document states 2001.",
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   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Other domestic animals/fowl (horses, cattle, sheep, swine, etc.) shall not be at large within the Town; owner liable to penalty",
    "fine_range": "Not exceeding $50.00 (animals/fowl at large) and up to 10 days imprisonment in default"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 92(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 92(a)"
   },
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  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Bylaw (No. 79)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.berwick.ca/79-dog-bylaw/file.html",
   "summary": "Regulates dog licensing, running at large, and related matters in the Town of Berwick.",
   "capture_sha256": "a5a11e3d0f3c41393de421b1d2236f4492195b845e4785e638ab8684acdec2e6",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a5a11e3d0f3c41393de421b1d2236f4492195b845e4785e638ab8684acdec2e6.pdf",
   "facts": {
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    "leash_rule": "Off owner's premises without continuous restraint and control of a person = running at large; tethered dog able to leave property = at large",
    "fine_range": "Not less than $100.00 and not more than $5,000.00 and up to 30 days imprisonment in default; $50.00 voluntary payment"
   },
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    "leash_rule": "s. 14",
    "fine_range": "s. 32; s. 33"
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/berwick/animal-control/"
}