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.”
Never, ever source Kiwifarms. That org is fucking disturbing
I don’t think the veracity of claims on these sites is important, moreso what was said and how it might have affected the narrative and her.
They were the ones organizing some of the bullying—I wanted to see the posts she was seeing to better understand the nature of the harassment.