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 "municipality_id": "gx-003218",
 "municipality": "Stratford",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Prince Edward Island",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
 "official_website": "https://www.townofstratford.ca",
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   "primary": true,
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   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw Amendment No. 26B",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-07-08",
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   "summary": "Amendment to Stratford Animal Control Bylaw No. 26, changing the dog licence renewal due date from March 31 to May 31. Verified: adopted by Council July 8, 2015 (2nd reading and formal adoption same date).",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T21:53:42+00:00",
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   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "amends s. 7(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/stratford/animal-control/text-f13bfd67fc0c/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw No. 26",
   "category": "animal_control",
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   "status": "adopted",
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   "summary": "Town of Stratford animal control bylaw (11 pp). Regulates animals: dog licensing and renewal, leashing, kennel licences (>2 dogs), dangerous dogs, fee schedule. Verified title page: 'A Bylaw to regulate animals within the Town Of Stratford'. No adoption date on document.",
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   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15 spayed/neutered; $25 not spayed/neutered; $0 disabled person assistance dog; dangerous dog licence $100",
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall permit running at large (unleashed off owner's property) of dogs within the Town",
    "max_animals": "No more than two dogs in a household for boarding or breeding without a Kennel licence",
    "fine_range": "$50-$500; double for 2nd offence and triple for 3rd+ within 12 months"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 7.a",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule A",
    "leash_rule": "s. (Owners' Responsibilities) d / \"running at large\"",
    "max_animals": "s. (Owners' Responsibilities) e",
    "fine_range": "s. 15.a"
   },
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/pe/stratford/animal-control/"
}