12 hours Ago By Jack Jeffrey
Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese has condemned a United States influencer who was filmed snatching a baby wombat away from its mother. Immigration officials are reviewing Sam Jones’ visa following outrage over the video, which she posted to her 90,000 followers on Instagram. The now-deleted clip showed her picking up the animal, a protected species, before running with it to a car as its mother chased them.
As she ran, a man off-camera could be heard laughing while saying: “Look at the mother, it’s chasing after her”. The video later showed her putting the wombat down and releasing it..
