{
 "answer": "The Town of West Rutland, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Dog Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028703",
 "municipality": "West Rutland",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://www.westrutlandvt.org",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1995-03-27",
   "document_url": "https://www.westrutlandvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Dog_Ordinance_Updated.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs running at large, leash/restraint requirements and pooper-scooper rule for a defined Recreation Area boundary; under 24 V.S.A. §§1972, 2291(10), 1974(a).",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/west-rutland/animal-control/"
}