{
 "answer": "The Town of Eden, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Eden Dog Control Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028520",
 "municipality": "Eden",
 "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.edenvt.org",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Eden Dog Control Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-09-23",
   "document_url": "https://www.edenvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dog-ordinance-25.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs and wolf-hybrids: leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment, destruction, running at large; originally adopted June 21, 1995, amended 2000, 2007, and most recently 2025.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Licensing Requirements",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.edenvt.org/boards_commissions/102-2/animal-control-officer/dog-licensing-requirements/",
   "summary": "Town Clerk page stating annual dog licensing deadline (April 1) and current fee schedule; notes animal cruelty complaints are now handled by State Police (as of July 1, 2024).",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/eden/animal-control/"
}