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.”
My condolences to Mikayla. Remember, the internet and social media platforms are battlefields. Battlefields of ideas, feelings, images and our passions. I get “online criticism” from people every day for stance against genocide and for the incarceration of the “puppet master” that is responsible. I don’t drink their Kool-Aid and their cult leader can go eat dirt.
There’s no sense in this but we all would be wise to be supportive of friends and help them step back from social media.
The people who bombarded her account with negativity are empty shells of human beings themselves. Why give any of your precious energy to these people? Stay focus and block out the scum.