{
 "answer": "In the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario, hens permitted: False; bees permitted: True; livestock rule: Livestock permitted only on premises designated Agricultural in a Zoning By-law; prohibited elsewhere.. Source: By-law 2025-087 - Animal Care and Control By-law, Section 17 (Keeping of Specific Animals), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001781",
 "municipality": "Tecumseh",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.tecumseh.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2025-087 - Animal Care and Control By-law, Section 17 (Keeping of Specific Animals)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-24",
   "document_url": "https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/tecumseh-009-ca/media/pvnl1z1b/by-law-2025-087-animal-control-signed-updated.pdf",
   "summary": "Livestock (defined to include chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasant) may only be kept on premises zoned Agricultural, effectively banning backyard hens/poultry elsewhere in Town. Rabbits/ferrets/mink are permitted anywhere, capped at 3 animals total per household.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "df5cff8003dc8ef8ffe2911b29579918bdff5344b0b80c5bffe5ee9fc5a03f6a",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/df5cff8003dc8ef8ffe2911b29579918bdff5344b0b80c5bffe5ee9fc5a03f6a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Livestock permitted only on premises designated Agricultural in a Zoning By-law; prohibited elsewhere."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 1.33(e) (chickens = Livestock); s. 17.2",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 1.47.6; s. 2.2.10",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 17.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/tecumseh/backyard-hens/text-df5cff8003dc/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/tecumseh/backyard-hens/"
}