{
 "answer": "The Town of West Fairlee, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Dog Ordinance; Ordinance Regulating Domestic Animals, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028701",
 "municipality": "West Fairlee",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://westfairleevt.gov/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1996-10-07",
   "document_url": "https://westfairleevt.gov/vertical/sites/%7B11C05066-8FAE-4AAC-9EBF-DC9E04E9CB00%7D/uploads/Dog_Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping/licensing/leashing/muzzling/impoundment of dogs and wolf hybrids running at large, under 20 V.S.A. §3549. Originally adopted Oct 7, 1996; revised/reviewed August 2019.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance Regulating Domestic Animals",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-02-16",
   "document_url": "https://westfairleevt.gov/vertical/sites/%7B11C05066-8FAE-4AAC-9EBF-DC9E04E9CB00%7D/uploads/domestic-animal-control-ordinance_almost_final.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, equines, poultry, etc.): prohibits running-at-large and nuisance (noise, damage), sets impoundment/remedial-action process. Adopted Jan 19, 2026; readopted Feb 16, 2026.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/west-fairlee/animal-control/"
}