Animal registration and rabies tags will be taken care of at the DeWitt County Animal Shelter going forward.

Chair of the DeWitt County Board's Public Safety committee, Lance Reece indicates October 1 any time you need to register your pet for their annual rabies vaccine, you will now go to the DeWitt County Animal Shelter on the east side of town.

While this will be a change for some, Reece hopes it will help increase registrations but also adoptions, as the County is working to allow Second Chance for Pets access to the lobby of the shelter for adoptions. 

Registrations formerly were taken care of in the treasurer's office in the DeWitt County Courthouse. Reece says a lot of neighboring counties operate their registrations like this.