NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WJBF) — Animal control is getting a boost in North Augusta’s new budget. The city will add a second full-time technician in July. They'll give dogs more time outdoors and coordinate adoptions and rescue transports. The new hire will also manage volunteers on weekends.

"Then this will free up Officer Craig to do more the, of the law enforcement part of it, which we desperately need," North Augusta Councilman Dennis Briatico said.

Leaders say right now, the officer is too busy to enforce animal laws. Stray dogs remain a problem, especially in Gentry Trailer Park, where pets have been attacked.

"We've had a few cases of abuse last year," he recalls. "By the time the animal control officer gets done dealing with people coming and going and the volunteers coming, he has

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