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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."

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[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you are just working for money, yeah.

People work for things that benefit everyone at a personal cost all the time, and advances are made because of people like that. It's a good thing, which had tragic consequences in this instance.

We need to protect people who put the world before themselves. This isn't her failing, it's ours.

[–] RidgeDweller@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm in agreement with you, though I still think it's a fair suggestion for people putting the world before themselves to find another line of work too. I'm not saying that's the only reasonable suggestion. I'm all for trying to mitigate the risk of abuse and trauma in the first place. I took Optional's comment as an intended show of support to folks that might be struggling with similar abuse in their life.

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago

Alright, but in general just leaving the work to other people doesn't mitigate, it just shifts the abuse to other people.

Social workers, emergency aid, etc have high suicide rates.