{
 "answer": "In the Township of South-West Oxford, Ontario, livestock rule: No person shall keep or raise any livestock within any Residential Zone.. Source: By-law 76-2017 – Animal Care and Control (Consolidated 2023), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001760",
 "municipality": "South-West Oxford",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.swox.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 76-2017 – Animal Care and Control (Consolidated 2023)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-12-19",
   "document_url": "https://www.swox.org/media/px3kch22/76-2017-animal-care-and-control-by-law-consolidated-2023.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping or raising any livestock – defined to include domestic fowl such as chickens – within any Residential Zone.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "67a8db1a0cf26bce8490c7a1262704fc84ab95e846ebb643ecdff6663177ac3d",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/67a8db1a0cf26bce8490c7a1262704fc84ab95e846ebb643ecdff6663177ac3d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep or raise any livestock within any Residential Zone."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "s. 7.10"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/south-west-oxford/backyard-hens/text-67a8db1a0cf2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/south-west-oxford/backyard-hens/"
}