{
 "answer": "In the Town of Cobalt, Ontario, hens permitted: True; max hens: 3; roosters prohibited: True; livestock rule: No person shall keep horses, domestic fowl, cattle, goats, swine, mink, sheep or mules or similar livestock.. Source: Animal Control By-law 2025-23, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001471",
 "municipality": "Cobalt",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.cobalt.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 2025-23",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-07-22",
   "document_url": "https://cobalt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-23-Animal-Control-signed.pdf",
   "summary": "Dog/cat regulation by-law that also permits up to 3 hens on residential-zoned premises. Hens must be confined to a coop/run overnight; coop min 0.37 m² floor area per hen; owner must reside on the property; home slaughter of hens prohibited.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "53ae20d617700867df9a34fc3324dbef63105daa5427ddfd36159cffe32be2f3",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/53ae20d617700867df9a34fc3324dbef63105daa5427ddfd36159cffe32be2f3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "3",
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep horses, domestic fowl, cattle, goats, swine, mink, sheep or mules or similar livestock.",
    "setback": "1.2 metres from the Lot Line; 12 metres from dwelling unit not occupied by the owner"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 7.7.1",
    "max_hens": "s. 7.7.1",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 7.12.4",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 8.5.1",
    "setback": "s. 7.11.1(b), s. 7.11.1(d)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/cobalt/backyard-hens/text-53ae20d61770/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/cobalt/backyard-hens/"
}