{
 "answer": "The Town of Westfield, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Westfield Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028705",
 "municipality": "Westfield",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Westfield Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://westfield.vt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260826090324.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping/control of dogs and wolf-hybrids: leashing, running-at-large nuisance categories, barking/nuisance, potentially-vicious-dog rules, impoundment, working-dog exemptions. The town's own listing states it 'Went Into Effect August 14th, 2026'; the handwritten adoption-signature date on the scan is illegible, so adopted_date is left null per date-sourcing rule.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/westfield/animal-control/"
}