{
 "answer": "In the City of Peterborough, Ontario, hens permitted: False; roosters prohibited: True; livestock rule: Galliformes (chickens), Anseriformes (ducks/geese), Artiodactyla (deer, elk), Perissodactyla (zebra, tapir) prohibited citywide; pot-bellied pigs excepted.. Source: By-law 21-112 - Animal By-law (Schedule A: Prohibited Animals), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001702",
 "municipality": "Peterborough",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.peterborough.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 21-112 - Animal By-law (Schedule A: Prohibited Animals)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-12-13",
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.peterborough.ca/bylaws/getFNDoc.do?class_id=20&document_id=13703",
   "summary": "No person may keep an animal listed in Schedule A (s.31(a)). Galliformes — chickens, turkeys, grouse, peacock — are listed with no domestic exception, so backyard hens are prohibited on residential lots across the City; domestic rabbits are expressly excluded from the Lagomorpha prohibition and remain permitted. The by-law is without effect to the extent it conflicts with a Normal",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "4b52c4d5b5c84e3a758ccd8f459092bd77b6fdbe5c23ded8f2dea78bd3e2012c",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4b52c4d5b5c84e3a758ccd8f459092bd77b6fdbe5c23ded8f2dea78bd3e2012c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Galliformes (chickens), Anseriformes (ducks/geese), Artiodactyla (deer, elk), Perissodactyla (zebra, tapir) prohibited citywide; pot-bellied pigs excepted."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "Schedule \"A\": Galliformes – Including chickens, turkeys, grouse, peacock",
    "roosters_prohibited": "Schedule \"A\": Galliformes – Including chickens, turkeys, grouse, peacock",
    "livestock_rule": "Schedule \"A\": Prohibited Animals"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/peterborough/backyard-hens/text-4b52c4d5b5c8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/peterborough/backyard-hens/"
}