{
 "answer": "The Town of South Hero, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: 2021 Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids, Town of South Hero, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028658",
 "municipality": "South Hero",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://southherovt.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "2021 Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids, Town of South Hero",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-09-27",
   "document_url": "https://southherovt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/South-Hero-Dog-Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs and wolf-hybrids: leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment and destruction provisions, under 20 V.S.A. §3549 and 24 V.S.A. §2291.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/south-hero/animal-control/"
}