Officials, searchers and the dog owner himself are asking people to stay out of the coned-off areas of the wildlife refuge on Bonnet Island where Jax, the escaped 4-year-old boxer-mix dog, has not been captured since June 24 despite ongoing procedures.

“He has not been found yet, and we’re just trying to keep people away from that area,” the dog’s owner, Steve Sheldon, told The SandPaper on Tuesday, July 2.

“We’re still trying daily to catch Jax; hopefully he will go into the enclosure trap,” an employee of the Stafford…