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Independent Expression Radio   During Sonya's upbringing in
England, she acquired her deep love for animals starting with
her terrier, Judy. They grew so close that as Judy grew older,
Sonya could actually feel in her own body the aches and pains
her dog was experiencing. Some of Sonya's best friends at that
time were three geese her father had given her to raise. When
the geese were nine months old, her father killed them to serve
as Christmas dinner, and Sonya finally realized that other
people did not have the same feeling for animals that she did.
Traumatized by the death of her friends, Sonya deliberately shut
off her ability to communicate telepathically with animals,
determined to protect herself from the heartbreak.  At the age
of 17, Sonya pursued a fashion and modeling career in London.
She worked in all the major fashion cap