{
 "answer": "In the Rural Municipality of Battle River No. 438, Saskatchewan, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Rural Municipality of Battle River No. 438 Bylaw #2012-02 (Animal Units Per Acre), verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: Animals limited to one animal unit per 1 acre; within 1/2 mile of country residential, one animal unit per 2 acres.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000859",
 "municipality": "Rural Municipality of Battle River No. 438",
 "status_type": "Rural Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://rmofbattleriver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Rural Municipality of Battle River No. 438 Bylaw #2012-02 (Animal Units Per Acre)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-03-08",
   "document_url": "https://rmofbattleriver.ca/pdfs/bylaws/Bylaw-2012-02-Animal-Units-per-acre.pdf",
   "summary": "Limits animals (any kind, excluding domestic pets) kept on RM land to 1 animal unit per acre generally, and 1 animal unit per 2 acres within a half-mile of Country Residential subdivisions, to protect water quality; Council may restrict further case-by-case.",
   "discovered_by": "sk-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-29",
   "capture_sha256": "0276d3440b15426ff601028b23e837518e38cd8d5a06c330d66eb0cdf1c96155",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-29T14:36:52+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "438",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0276d3440b15426ff601028b23e837518e38cd8d5a06c330d66eb0cdf1c96155.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "Animals limited to one animal unit per 1 acre; within 1/2 mile of country residential, one animal unit per 2 acres."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "s. 4-5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/rural-municipality-of-battle-river-no-438/backyard-hens/bylaw-438/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/rural-municipality-of-battle-river-no-438/backyard-hens/"
}