{
 "answer": "The Town of Groton, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Town of Groton Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids; Town of Groton, Vermont Civil Ordinance Regulating Livestock Running at Large, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028542",
 "municipality": "Groton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://grotonvt.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Groton Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/juniper-media-library/243/2025/02/Dog-Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs (incl. wolf-hybrids and working farm dogs): leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment, and destruction provisions. Adopted September 2021 per the signature page; exact day illegible in scan.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Groton, Vermont Civil Ordinance Regulating Livestock Running at Large",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-02-19",
   "document_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/juniper-media-library/243/2025/02/Livestock%20Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Declares livestock running at large a public nuisance and establishes impoundment procedures, under 24 V.S.A. §2291(14)-(15), to protect motorists and neighboring property from loose livestock.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/groton/animal-control/"
}