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The Deadly Cost of Caring

After founder’s shocking suicide, a Minnesota fox rescue carries on its mission—despite criticism

Mikayla Raines was always saving orphaned or injured animals, and eventually she started her own rescue, SaveAFox. But in June 2025, Mikayla tragically took her own life at age 29. Her family claims cyberbullying about how she ran the rescue, coupled with Mikayla's mental health led to her suicide. Her husband says, “She put the animals' well-being over her own, time and time again."

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Olivia Hines
May 26, 2026
Art, Sport or Savagery? AnimalsInternational

Art, Sport or Savagery?

A Spaniard's take on her country's tradition of bullfighting

In July 2016, 11 people were gored to death in Pamplona, Spain during the city's annual nine-day "running of the bulls" event. Additionally, roughly 50 to 100 people are injured every year during the event, and the bulls are killed in the process. The event has many detractors, but proud Spaniard Dolores Gonzalez-Posada argues one cannot judge a country's traditions without knowing all the facts.

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Dolores Gonzalez-Posada
June 13, 2017
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