Goodbye to a Wonderful Friend

From the April 18 For Pet's Sake column of the the Daily Sound, by Karen Lee Stevens:

IN PASSING. Last month, Thule, the much-loved fluffy white standard poodle, whose quiet presence instilled a sense of calm and well-being in all those he met, passed away at age 16 after a long, rich and magical life. Thule was known to countless customers at Paradise Found, Santa Barbara’s long-time bookstore for the body, mind and spirit. Teresa, the bookstore’s owner, shared this beautiful note about her beloved friend in a recent newsletter: “I love Thule with all my heart and every molecule of my being. We were a team. We lived together and worked together. We respected each other. He wasn’t my ‘baby’, or my ‘kid’. I wasn’t his owner. He was my partner, my familiar, who just happened to have four legs.” Rest in peace, Thule…

Karen Lee Stevens is the founder and president of All for Animals, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a compassionate world through humane education. You may contact Karen through the organization’s website at allforanimals.com