{
 "answer": "The Town of Middlebury, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town Ordinance Regarding the Control of Dogs and Wolf Hybrids, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028587",
 "municipality": "Middlebury",
 "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.townofmiddlebury.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town Ordinance Regarding the Control of Dogs and Wolf Hybrids",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.townofmiddlebury.org/Document/Government/Selectboard/Town%20of%20Middlebury%20-%20Ordinances%20(8)%20(v2).pdf#page=17",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs and wolf-hybrids: leashing/restraint, 'running at large' prohibition, nuisance mitigation, impoundment. Most recently amended 2021-05-21.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/middlebury/animal-control/"
}