We didn't come back empty-handed but with a stack of signed license forms and a glimmer of hope, after we spent the entire afternoon, cruising from farm to farm at JK, to ask and persuade farmers to sterilise, microchip and license the dogs in their farms.
We also took pictures of the beautiful dogs we chanced upon, but who knows, the life of the street dog is transient and elusive, and we hope that the next time we return, we'll still see them. This time, with the AVA license tag dangling in-tact from their collars.
It is important to note that the free-roaming dogs do not just stay at one farm unit but -- unless chained and confined -- appear randomly from place to place. So, there are "overlapping" dogs that trot happily along with us from farm to farm, ever so inquisitive.
Getting hold of the farm unit owner is another difficulty. Sometimes employees (gardeners, cleaners etc) feign pretense or are unwilling to provide contacts of their bosses whom we can contact.
Some farms are huger than they look from outside, and stretch expansively (after we driven all the way in). Bigger farms comprise clusters of plots leased out to other farms to carry out their respective agriculture-related activities. What's important is to get hold of the person who ultimately owns the farm and who can provide the necessary documents to prove the farm is his.
Opinions on sterilisation range from it's only important to sterilise the females to yes! both males & females are rightfully sterilised already. And when I do so much as glance around the dogs of the farm, I can only hope that no more litter will be born and eventually suffer cruelty and death.
But we will trudge along to make this possible. There IS a way out of the stray dog vicious cycle.
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