{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003130",
 "municipality": "Bridgewater",
 "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.bridgewater.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Chapter 16 — Dog By-Law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-01-12",
   "document_url": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/town-council/town-by-laws-and-policies/by-laws/928-chapter-16-dogs/file",
   "summary": "Governs dog licensing, running at large, dangerous dogs, leash requirements, and barking in the Town of Bridgewater. Approved January 12 2015 (Motion 15-011).",
   "capture_sha256": "3770bc2e62c0fe0dd8ef0f23ad1f242b211142bd610da12bf37a697f619c2a3b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3770bc2e62c0fe0dd8ef0f23ad1f242b211142bd610da12bf37a697f619c2a3b.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10 neutered/spayed; $30 un-neutered; fierce/dangerous dog $40; kennel $10",
    "leash_rule": "Running at large if off owner's premises without continuous restraint and control by leash, or tethered so it can leave property boundaries",
    "fine_range": "$100-$1,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "licence_fee": "s. 5(1); s. 22(2); s. 10(2)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 11(1)",
    "fine_range": "s. 27"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/bridgewater/animal-control/text-3770bc2e62c0/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/bridgewater/animal-control/"
}