{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003167",
 "municipality": "Westville",
 "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://westville.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog By-Law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-03-04",
   "document_url": "https://westville.ca/portals/101/bylawdocs/Dog%20Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs dog ownership in the Town of Westville; requires registration and leashing; prohibits dogs running at large and addresses fierce or dangerous dogs.",
   "capture_sha256": "32123fd99fd0ecfbc43e6c8d17d100224b96bf6a5ffbe1d4b8eb00789474548e",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/32123fd99fd0ecfbc43e6c8d17d100224b96bf6a5ffbe1d4b8eb00789474548e.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15 spayed or neutered; $100 each other dog",
    "leash_rule": "In non-rural areas dog off owner's premises must be under control by harness or leash, else deemed running at large",
    "fine_range": "not less than $250.00 and not more than $5000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "licence_fee": "s. 5",
    "leash_rule": "s. 15",
    "fine_range": "s. 29"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/westville/animal-control/text-32123fd99fd0/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/westville/animal-control/"
}