{
 "answer": "In the City of St. Thomas, Ontario, hens permitted: False; roosters prohibited: True; bees permitted: False; livestock rule: No person shall keep horse, bovine, donkey, mule, pig, goat, sheep, or other listed livestock in the City.. Source: Animal Control By-law 71-2011 (as amended to By-law 115-2021), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001770",
 "municipality": "St. Thomas",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.stthomas.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 71-2011 (as amended to By-law 115-2021)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-05-16",
   "document_url": "https://www.stthomas.ca/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=17862872",
   "summary": "Section 6.1 prohibits keeping bees, a horse, bovine, donkey, mule, pig, goat, sheep, goose, turkey, guinea fowl, chicken, duck and other listed animals anywhere in the City of St. Thomas, effectively banning backyard hens and bees; narrow exceptions exist only for qualifying service animals, and several species (bovine, llama, emu, ostrich, wild native animals) cannot be kept even as service",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "27076d610a049236f163bd34a5baf231bc89f747e84ba84571605234b83e8f99",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/27076d610a049236f163bd34a5baf231bc89f747e84ba84571605234b83e8f99.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "bees_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep horse, bovine, donkey, mule, pig, goat, sheep, or other listed livestock in the City.",
    "setback": "not less than 12.2m from any school, church, dwelling unit or other premises used for human habitation or occupancy"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 6.1",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 6.1",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 6.1",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 6.1",
    "setback": "s. 6.3(ix)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/st-thomas/backyard-hens/text-27076d610a04/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-thomas/backyard-hens/"
}