{
 "answer": "In the Town of Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador, livestock rule: No person shall keep in any dweiling... any horse, cow, calf, swine, sheep, goat, etc, without the approval of the Fortune Town Council.; permit or licence: unless a license has been issued by Council; Registration will be free; (livestock not required). Source: Town of Fortune Animal Control Regulations, 2024 (amended December 17, 2025), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003309",
 "municipality": "Fortune",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.townoffortune.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Fortune Animal Control Regulations, 2024 (amended December 17, 2025)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-10-02",
   "document_url": "https://www.townoffortune.ca/_files/ugd/865507_db58a9c5b3b14a948236d15c55d65df1.pdf",
   "summary": "The Regulations define livestock as horse, cattle, sheep, goats, geese, ducks, chickens and roosters. Section 15 provides that no person may keep any horse, cow, calf, swine, sheep, goat or the like in any dwelling or part of a dwelling in the Town without the approval of Fortune Town Council, and a Discretionary Use advertisement is required before approval. Section",
   "discovered_by": "nl-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "2cbc8473f847c9b685374302e4adb22f24468b0fb072d3e7eddf8e5f0380d802",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T15:31:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2cbc8473f847c9b685374302e4adb22f24468b0fb072d3e7eddf8e5f0380d802.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep in any dweiling... any horse, cow, calf, swine, sheep, goat, etc, without the approval of the Fortune Town Council.",
    "permit_or_licence": "unless a license has been issued by Council; Registration will be free; (livestock not required)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "s. 15",
    "permit_or_licence": "s. 3, 3(b), 3(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/fortune/backyard-hens/text-2cbc8473f847/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/fortune/backyard-hens/"
}