{
 "answer": "In the Town of Maidstone, Saskatchewan, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Town of Maidstone Bylaw No. 2025-01 (Animal Control Bylaw), verified 2026-09-27. Permit or licence: Animal license required for each cat or dog over three (3) months; one-time fee $25.00.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000737",
 "municipality": "Maidstone",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://townofmaidstone.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Maidstone Bylaw No. 2025-01 (Animal Control Bylaw)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-01-07",
   "document_url": "https://townofmaidstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-01-Restrain-Regulate-Prohibit-and-Licene-Animals.pdf",
   "summary": "Schedule F (Prohibited Animals) bans keeping livestock (goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, llamas) and Galliformes/Anseriformes poultry (chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese) within town limits.",
   "discovered_by": "sk-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-29",
   "capture_sha256": "48ac6fc077d90ab8f9e908f8247ad4982656cbccaf93a77b6deeb8fdf39f90c1",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-29T14:36:52+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2025-01",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/48ac6fc077d90ab8f9e908f8247ad4982656cbccaf93a77b6deeb8fdf39f90c1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "Prohibited within municipal limits: all Artiodactylus Ungulates (such as goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, llamas) and all Perissodactylus Ungulates (such as horses, donkeys, mules, asses).",
    "permit_or_licence": "Animal license required for each cat or dog over three (3) months; one-time fee $25.00."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "Schedule F, item 18",
    "livestock_rule": "Schedule F, items 2 and 13",
    "permit_or_licence": "Licensing for Cats and Dogs; s. 9"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/maidstone/backyard-hens/bylaw-2025-01/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/maidstone/backyard-hens/"
}