title: A Life of Love: Mandatory Reading for Animal Owners
author:  AJ Fudge 
description: AJ Fudge has been practicing law and running her own practice since June 2005. She graduated Deans List from Cornell University before going on to McGeorge School of Law. At McGeorge she received many prestigious recognitions including: Order of the Coif, Traynor Honor Society, Deans Honor Roll, and Witkin Awards for Excellence in Legal Process, Constitutional Law, Taxation of International Transactions, Copyright Law, and Professional Responsibility. AJ received Concentrations in Taxation and International Studies, and she is also a mediator trained by the Los Angeles County Bar Association. AJ opened her first office in Los Angeles in 2005, and recently opened her second office along the Central Coast in 2013. AJ is the only Wealth Counsel attorney on the Central Coast, and she has dedicated her practice to designing estate and business planning solutions for her clients. AJ is passionate about protecting her clients, and she has a unique ability to explain things in a clear and straightforward manner. It is important to her that her clients are able to make informed decisions as well as understand the process and outcome of their matter. AJ has been a devoted animal lover her entire life, and thus, she also focuses her legal practice on animal protection and planning. She understands animal-people and addresses their needs with a very hands-on approach. AJ believes that the practice of law is a noble profession and she conducts herself with the highest standards of integrity, honesty, and professionalism. Aside from her passion for the law, AJ is also a devoted animal lover and activist as a member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. She is an accomplished equestrian and lacrosse player, and she also loves the ocean, music, and classic films. AJ has been a strict vegan since 2001 when she abruptly switched to a plant-based diet after learning about the cruelties of factory farming at a festival in Davis, CA.
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  # Wild Animals I Have Known
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Ernest Thompson Seton
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Introduction
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THESE STORIES are true. Although I have left the strict line of
  
  
  historical truth in many places, the animals in this book were all
  
  
  real characters. They lived the lives I have depicted, and showed
  
  
  the stamp of heroism and personality more strongly by far than it
  
  
  has been in the power of my pen to tell.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general
  
  
  treatment that is so common. What satisfaction would be derived
  
  
  from a ten-page sketch of the habits and customs of Man? How
  
  
  much more profitable it would be to devote that space to the life
  
  
  of some one great man. This is the principle I have endeavored to
  
  
  apply to my animals. The real personality of the individual, and
  
  
  his view of life are my theme, rather than the ways of the race in
  
  
  general, as viewed by a casual and hostile human eye