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.”
Literally no different than telling women they deserved to be raped cause of what they were wearing. People need to grow the fuck up and stop bullying people, that’s literally the only thing that needs to change here. There’s no reason to bully a person who’s simply working to rescue animals from abusive situations, them being on social media isn’t an excuse to be a garbage person and harass people, to death no less
“People should just not bully.” Good luck with that. In the mean time, do what you have to in order to safeguard your mental heath.
Yeah I agree it’s a shitty situation, and people should be better. But the thing is a shockingly large portion of those online just aren’t and are not looking to be. At least not right now and probably not for the foreseeable future especially with Orange Julius promoting the sanctity of “free speech”
If you have a fragile psyche and put yourself out there to garner attention on social media in this environment and do not expect some serious trolling to happen, that’s just being naive.