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 ...

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 ...

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