{
 "answer": "In the City of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by City of Meadow Lake Animal Keeping Bylaw No. 16/2012, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: No person shall possess livestock, horses or poultry within City limits except for transport/delivery; horses allowed only on three listed properties.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000757",
 "municipality": "Meadow Lake",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.meadowlake.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Meadow Lake Animal Keeping Bylaw No. 16/2012",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-11-26",
   "document_url": "http://meadowlake.civicweb.net/document/7756",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping livestock, horses or poultry within City limits, except transport passage and 3 specifically grandfathered horse-keeping properties (2-4 horses each, non-transferable). Existing agricultural operations exempted until land use changes.",
   "discovered_by": "sk-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-29",
   "capture_sha256": "49f500274ec09633f8d342ee6d675d4f289b2f8d342ded952a24a42e1189618f",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-29T14:36:52+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "16/2012",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/49f500274ec09633f8d342ee6d675d4f289b2f8d342ded952a24a42e1189618f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "bees_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall possess livestock, horses or poultry within City limits except for transport/delivery; horses allowed only on three listed properties."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "no person shall be permitted to possess livestock, horses or poultry",
    "bees_permitted": "bees or animals that may create a health hazard",
    "livestock_rule": "no person shall be permitted to possess livestock, horses or poultry"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/meadow-lake/backyard-hens/bylaw-16-2012/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/meadow-lake/backyard-hens/"
}