{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003137",
 "municipality": "Digby",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://digbymun.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog By-law #2006-02",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://digbymun.ca/government/by-laws/2731-dog-by-law/file.html",
   "summary": "Regulates dog control, fierce/dangerous dogs, and owner obligations in the Municipality of the District of Digby. Enacted as Dog By-law #2006-02.",
   "capture_sha256": "c0441a4b77ca384b1ade8a70ed65b98e35bfad1cd8daa2db976a10118dc10063",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c0441a4b77ca384b1ade8a70ed65b98e35bfad1cd8daa2db976a10118dc10063.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10.00 per dog (includes one identification tag)",
    "leash_rule": "Dog off owner's premises, not on another's premises with permission, and not under effective restraint or control is running at large",
    "fine_range": "$237.50 (unregistered/no tag); $352.50 (at large, fierce/dangerous, barking); $467.50 (attack); other sections $237.50-$1,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2",
    "licence_fee": "s. 3",
    "leash_rule": "s. 16",
    "fine_range": "s. 37"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/digby-district-municipality/animal-control/text-c0441a4b77ca/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/digby-district-municipality/animal-control/"
}