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 "municipality": "Cumberland",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/",
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   "title": "Canine Control By-Law 20-01",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-01-15",
   "document_url": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/government/by-laws/1325-canine-control-by-law-20-01/file.html",
   "summary": "Regulates licensing, leashing, and control of dogs in the Municipality of the County of Cumberland. Second reading January 15, 2020.",
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   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Running at large if off owner's premises without continuous restraint and control, tethered so it can leave property boundaries, or on the travelled portion/shoulder of a public road not under harness or leash",
    "fine_range": "$200-$5,000 and imprisonment up to 30 days; $100 payment in lieu within 14 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 5",
    "fine_range": "s. 19(b); s. 20"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/cumberland/animal-control/text-17488512f0af/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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  {
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Livestock Control By-Law 20-02",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-06-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/government/by-laws/1095-livestock-control-by-law-20-02/file.html",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping and control of livestock in the Municipality of the County of Cumberland. Final reading June 3, 2020.",
   "capture_sha256": "055ac34ab1b32e58077ee7db68df1cf2d03ce10d0181dad0627d0c9718cdf888",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
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   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Livestock not on property owned/leased/rented/utilized by the owner and not under continuous restraint and control is deemed at large; owner must take all reasonable steps to prevent escape",
    "fine_range": "First offence $100-$1,000; second $200-$2,000; subsequent $500-$5,000; $100 payment in lieu within 14 days"
   },
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    "fine_range": "s. 13; s. 14"
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   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/cumberland/animal-control/text-055ac34ab1b3/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/cumberland/animal-control/"
}