{
 "answer": "The Town of Cabot, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Ordinance for the Control of Dogs & Wolf-Hybrids, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028490",
 "municipality": "Cabot",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "http://www.cabotvt.us",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance for the Control of Dogs & Wolf-Hybrids",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://cabotvt.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Dog_Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment and destruction of dogs and wolf-hybrids, and running at large. Signed by the Selectboard in 2018 (exact day/month illegible on the scanned signature page).",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Draft Ordinance for the Control of Dogs & Wolf-Hybrids (2026 revision)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "draft",
   "status": "proposed",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://cabotvt.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Draft-Dog-Ordinance-2026-1.pdf",
   "summary": "Proposed update to the 2018 Dog Ordinance, posted as a draft (filename explicitly 'Draft ... 2026'); not yet confirmed adopted.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/cabot/animal-control/"
}