{
 "answer": "The Town of Westford, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Dogs and Wolf-Hybrid Ordinance; Westford Livestock Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028706",
 "municipality": "Westford",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://westfordvt.us/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dogs and Wolf-Hybrid Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2014-04-10",
   "document_url": "http://westfordvt.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Dog-Ordinance1.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs/wolf-hybrids: licensing, leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment and destruction; running at large provisions. Effective June 9, 2014.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Westford Livestock Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-08-08",
   "document_url": "https://westfordvt.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Westford-Livestock-Ordinance-2024.pdf",
   "summary": "Declares livestock running at large a public nuisance; prohibits the conduct and sets impoundment/enforcement mechanisms under 24 V.S.A. §2291(14),(15),(30).",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/westford/animal-control/"
}