{
 "answer": "In the City of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, livestock rule: Unlawful to keep livestock (includes poultry) except in M7-SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL areas.. Source: Livestock Prohibition Bylaw No. 2987, 1996, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000113",
 "municipality": "Prince Rupert",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://princerupert.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Livestock Prohibition Bylaw No. 2987, 1996",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1996-03-25",
   "document_url": "https://princerupert.ca/media/627",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping livestock, defined to include rabbits, poultry, pigeons and doves, anywhere in the city except the M7 Special Industrial zone. Effectively bans backyard hens/rabbits citywide outside industrial land.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "28564d577f92bd45772e18ed1ae8366a152c2bdf94cea98d027da4f5dc9a52c5",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/28564d577f92bd45772e18ed1ae8366a152c2bdf94cea98d027da4f5dc9a52c5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "Unlawful to keep livestock (includes poultry) except in M7-SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL areas."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "s. 1, s. 2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/prince-rupert/backyard-hens/text-28564d577f92/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/prince-rupert/backyard-hens/"
}