{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003154",
 "municipality": "Pictou",
 "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.townofpictou.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Control By-Law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://townofpictou.ca/794-dog-control-by-law/file",
   "summary": "Governs dog ownership, registration and control within the Town of Pictou.",
   "capture_sha256": "e0103aa4780bf2999aa4b8fbf7132a04078c632528b5ca3981233a6a3f43ce03",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e0103aa4780bf2999aa4b8fbf7132a04078c632528b5ca3981233a6a3f43ce03.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$5.00 one male or spayed dog; $4.00 each additional; $50.00 one female not spayed; $40.00 each additional unspayed female; $5.00 dog unable to reproduce; $50.00 kennel owner",
    "leash_rule": "While off the owner's property the dog must be kept under control by a harness or leash; otherwise deemed running at large",
    "fine_range": "not less than $100 and not more than $600; default imprisonment up to 30 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_fee": "s. 27",
    "licence_required": "s. 2",
    "leash_rule": "s. 13",
    "fine_range": "s. 28"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-town/animal-control/text-e0103aa4780b/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/pictou-town/animal-control/"
}