Please Help Me Make a Difference

I don't normally post off-topic entries but this story hit me hard and I want to help. I also want you to help to make a difference for this poor man.

An innocent man and his loving dog were the recent targets of a possible deadly threat from two young children in Philadelphia. His dog, Edna, went missing on Halloween night. After posting "Dog Missing" signs with a $500 reward, he received a phone call days later at midnight from a child asking for a ransom of $600 or he would kill his dog. Bill Whiting heard the collar of his dog in the background and some animal yelps. Immediately he agreed to the ransom and the kid responded that he was going to kill the dog anyway.

You can read the rest of the story in detail below: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/727940,WA06_edna_s1.article

If you want to help me make a difference, please sign this petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-a-kidnapped-dog-in-philadelphia

Out of 5,000 signatures that they need, they have 4,153 at the time of this writing.

Thanks!