Authorities threatened influencer Sam Jones with deportation after she posted a video of herself with the joey.

American influencer Sam Jones issued two statements defending herself after posting a video separating a baby wombat from its mother in Australia.

American influencer Sam Jones apologizes for sparking outrage with a video showing her taking a baby wombat from its mother ...

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Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, suggested that she try the same with a crocodile and see how that goes. “To take a baby wombat from its mother, and clearly causing distress from ...

Australia's top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer on Thursday to "leave the baby wombat alone," after a video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial. In a now-deleted ...

@samstrays_somewhere/Instagram An American influencer high-tailed it out of Australia on Friday after being widely condemned for posting video of herself grabbing a baby wombat from its mother and ...

mastersky/Getty An American influencer has reportedly left Australia after facing backlash over a video she posted of herself taking a screaming baby wombat from its mother. On Friday, March 14 ...

The video, reportedly deleted from an Instagram account that’s since been made private, and TikTok on a now-deleted account, shows a woman running across the road while holding a baby wombat ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An American influencer left Australia on Friday after the government announced it was reviewing her visa ...

Sam Jones, a US influencer who briefly snatched a baby wombat from its distressed mother, and uploaded the footage to social media has left Australia. Australia's Home Affairs minister Tony Burke ...