Orangeburg County requires pet registration for safer reunions [Video]

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Orangeburg County residents living outside city limits must register their pets with county animal control.

The ordinance requires cat and dog owners to pay $50 if their pet is vaccinated but isn’t spayed or neutered.

But that fee drops to $1 annually if the pet has been fixed.

Jasmine Quarels, the Orangeburg County Animal Control manager, said this ordinance aims to reunite pet owners with their animals in case they get lost.

“The primary goal of this is to be able to reunite pets with their owners if they are lost or if they are at large or if they get out accidentally,” said Quarels. “It’s a quicker turnaround to get those animals out of the shelters so that we can focus on the stray population that don’t have owners or that don’t have homes.” 

“And, right now, I would say …