So i am rescuing dogs now?

I have this friend who is a huge animal lover, she has 2 dogs, couple of cats, horses and occationally other animals aswell. She also adopted a stork 3 years ago who lost the ability to fly, he has now his own house and loves to terrorize everyone who enters and bullys the cats around.
 
But back to the dog.
There is this dog who ran away from his new home at the day he arrived, he came from a killing shelter in romania and got adopted to germany. But he ran off, since 2,5 months he now roams around in this area, not less then 6 people try to catch him. But he is smart, he eats the food they leave for him and wonders off again. It doesn`t seem to bother him that he is outside in the cold, but then again, romanian killing shelters are not the most comfortable places on this planet. 

-As you can see we are pretty succesfull feeding racoons, they have the time of their life there
I live pretty close to the place where they try to catch him with a trap, so of course i agreed to check the trap everyday.   It`s a pretty modern trap with cameras and alertsignal over mobile.
Still that dog seems to get around pretty well, he is scared of humans and never comes close. I wonder how much work it will be to socialize such dog.
And he keeps 6 people pretty busy buying him food, driving to feeding spots i bet he enjoys the freedom and the food.   
So my evening activity after my work is now checking the trap and filling up his bowl.   

Could be worse