{
 "answer": "In the Regional municipality of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Responsible Animal Husbandry By-law (No. R-100), verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: Domestic livestock used solely to provide a product exclusively for the owner are permitted throughout the Regional Municipality.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003131",
 "municipality": "Cape Breton",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.cbrm.ns.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Responsible Animal Husbandry By-law (No. R-100)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-03-12",
   "document_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/R-100-Responsible-Animal-Husbandry-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Allows keeping chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and other domestic fowl/livestock for personal use anywhere in CBRM if it causes no incessant noise or offensive odour; roosters are banned on sewered (urban) properties. Amended Feb 18, 2020.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "6e879edc7714b128ea567453e73aa28100641f5d84752d465499e4c7e5a536d8",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "R-100",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6e879edc7714b128ea567453e73aa28100641f5d84752d465499e4c7e5a536d8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Domestic livestock used solely to provide a product exclusively for the owner are permitted throughout the Regional Municipality."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. B.1",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. B.8",
    "livestock_rule": "s. B.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/backyard-hens/bylaw-r-100/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/cape-breton/backyard-hens/"
}