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 "municipality_id": "gx-001420",
 "municipality": "Billings",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.billingstwp.ca/",
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   "title": "Backyard Chicken By-Law 2022-29",
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   "summary": "Township of Billings By-Law 2022-29 to regulate the keeping and licensing of backyard chickens. Read third time and enacted 19 September 2022.",
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   "facts": {
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    "licence_fee": "$40.00 (one time) administrative fee",
    "leash_rule": "Chickens must not run at large; must be kept in Coop or Outdoor Run.",
    "max_animals": "6 Backyard Chickens/Hens",
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    "leash_rule": "s. 4.11",
    "max_animals": "s. 2.3(a)",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Exotic Animal By-Law 2021-31 (Office Consolidation)",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-08-03",
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   "summary": "Township of Billings By-Law 2021-31 regulating the keeping of exotic animals and wildlife; office consolidation. Read first time 19 July 2021, second/third time and enacted 3 August 2021.",
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   "link_dead": false,
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/billings/animal-control/"
}