Raines created a successful YouTube channel dedicated to her advocacy efforts rescuing foxes from fur farms.
Animal rescue activist and YouTube star Mikayla Raines has died by suicide, according to her husband. She was 29.
Ethan Raines announced her death in an emotional video he posted to her YouTube channel on Monday.
He said that for years his wife suffered from various mental health issues and struggled to cope with online criticism.
“She couldn’t bear what she was feeling any longer, and she ended her life,” he said. “And it breaks my heart that someone who is selfless and devoted her life to animals could have so much negativity pointed at her.”
It is a sad state of affairs when a person is doing something actually good to help animals and they get harassed. May her legacy live on forever.
I agree and I hope we all remember that mindset the next time we read about activists blocking a slaughterhouse.
Be online and you will get harassed, it is the way.
I’ve never been harassed, probably only because of my gender identity.
Meat eaters can’t stand animal rights activists
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@farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works, you’re wrong.
so you think vegans were attacking her? seems like you’re an idiot
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These guys probably saw the Tiger King documentary and decided to armchair warrior to virtue signal how much more pro-animal rights their non-involvement and passivity was than her.