06/24/2025
Today my heart is heavy. Not only did the entire rescue community lose an amazing advocate for SO many animals, but I lost a friend. Rescue is not for the faint of heart. Every single person in rescue is passionate about animals and literally dedicate their lives to saving them. We make mistakes. We cry. We get angry. We lose faith in humanity. We lose sleep. We spend a ton of our own hard earned money. We miss holidays. We miss birthdays. We suffer. We love. And we love hard. And one of the biggest things we deal with is bullying and people belittling us and making us feel like we are never doing enough. Or we are doing it wrong. We have supporters. And we have haters. Some of us suffer from depression. Anxiety. We choose animals over people because the only time they ever hurt us is when they leave this earth. They don’t make us feel sad. They don’t hurt our feelings. They don’t put us down. They simply just love, with all they’ve got. If you ever met Mikayla, your life was forever changed. She wasn’t just a beaming light for animals, she was an advocate for people with mental health issues. She openly talked about it. The founder of Saveafox Rescue took her life because of people bullying her. She was autistic. She had depression. People didn’t care. She had millions of supporters and a few haters. A few haters that made her life so miserable, she couldn’t take the pain anymore. She left behind a young daughter (who will undoubtedly follow in her amazing mother’s footsteps with the rescue), a husband, a family, friends, and SO many thankful animals. While we all try our best to save what we can, Mikayla ALWAYS went above and beyond. She shut down a fur farm with 500 foxes. 500. One person. A LOT of supporters. Many volunteers. A supportive husband and child.. We can’t even fathom closing down one farm with 500 animals at once. She was one of the most dedicated people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.
I’m BEGGING you, to please STOP bullying people. STOP thinking what others are doing is wrong because it’s not the way you may have done it. STOP with the hate. Millions of people in this world are suffering and are one comment away from ending their life. Please start spreading love. Compliment a stranger. Support causes that mean something to you. Do your part to make this world a little better. But for the love of all, please just be kind. This never should have happened. Mikayla, thank you, for making my life better. I will never forget your kindness, your jokes, our funny messages about our husbands putting up with our shenanigans, your true beauty.
If you are able, please send a little donation to Saveafox to help her husband carry on her legacy.
