Animal Control

Vancouver Backyard Hens by Jenn Pentland

City staff has been working hard to write guidelines for backyard chicken keeping in Vancouver. The first draft of those guidelines have been released and staff is now looking for public feedback.

Here's the direct link to a pdf of the guidelines.

For a bit of commentary on the guidelines check out urban chicken aficionado Heather Havens' comments at the chickensinvancouver blog. (Includes a link to the guidelines.)

And if you're looking for more information and updates about the current state of backyard chickens in Vancouver you can visit the City's Backyard Chicken web page.

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Will Vancouver allow residents to keep backyard chickens?
By Pieta Woolley

Victorians do it. New Yorkers do it. Seattleites do it. Will Vancouver be the next city to allow chickens to roost in its backyards?

Tomorrow (January 14), the Vancouver Food Policy Council will consider a motion to recommend changes to the city’s animal control bylaws that would make it legal for residents to keep chickens.

The motion will be introduced by Trish Kelly, the council’s cochair, a food activist, and the coeditor of the lesbian erotica collection With a Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn.