{"id":12681,"date":"2025-03-13T18:55:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-influencer-picks-up-baby-wombat-in-australia-sparks-outrage\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:55:41","slug":"u-s-influencer-picks-up-baby-wombat-in-australia-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-influencer-picks-up-baby-wombat-in-australia-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. influencer picks up baby wombat in Australia, sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Australia&#8217;s top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer on Thursday to &#8220;leave the baby wombat alone,&#8221; after a video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial.<\/p>\n<p>In a now-deleted video posted to Instagram this week, the woman can be seen picking up the hissing wild animal before declaring to the camera: &#8220;I caught a baby wombat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The woman \u2014 identified in Australian media as American outdoors influencer Sam Jones \u2014 then places the wombat back on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>The video riled wildlife experts and animal lovers alike \u2014 and on Thursday, concern over it reached the top echelons of the Australian government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It looked pretty dreadful, didn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong told Australia&#8217;s Channel Seven.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think everyone who would have seen that would have thought, look, leave the baby wombat alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said he was investigating if the woman had violated her visa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait for Australia to see the back of this individual, I don&#8217;t expect she will return,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Jones also faced strong criticism from animal welfare advocates. Tania Bishop, a wildlife veterinarian at Australia&#8217;s largest wildlife rescue organization, the Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-03-12\/us-influencer-removes-joey-wombat-from-mother\/105041800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/a> that the way the influencer picked up the wombat could have damaged its &#8220;muscles, tendons, nerves, shoulders and upper arms.&#8221; Bishop called the situation &#8220;distressing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Wombat Protection Society <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wombatprotectionsociety\/posts\/pfbid0iHdYtLTJibQ7AdWwSJ8STJtvmoV8gFyjDELQXLkgmrBKGeXmufYQcGwh1b6PrUULl?rdid=gMQTVZE2MLoO5hwS#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a> that the influencer &#8220;mishandled a wombat joey&#8221; in an &#8220;apparent snatch for social media likes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She then placed the vulnerable baby back onto a country road \u2014 potentially putting it at risk of becoming roadkill,&#8221; their statement said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The organization noted there was &#8220;no clear evidence&#8221; the wombat was reunited with its mother afterward, adding that a &#8220;baby of this size is highly dependent on its mother, and prolonged separation could have fatal consequences.&#8221; They also said the tourist risked injuring herself by interacting with the animal as someone without proper training to handle wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s rotund native wombats are among the world&#8217;s biggest burrowing species, according to the national museum.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/feisty-wombat-rescued-from-debris-on-river\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Feisty wombat rescued from debris on river<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">01:18<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While some species are considered endangered, the common bare-nosed wombat is found along large swathes of southern and eastern Australia. All species of wombat are protected by law across Australia. &#8220;It is an offence to harm a wombat unless a license is obtained from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.environment.nsw.gov.au\/topics\/animals-and-plants\/native-animals\/native-animal-facts\/land-mammals\/wombats#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">writes<\/a> the environment and heritage department in New South Wales, where two of the three wombat species can be found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jones&#8217; exact location when she encountered the wombat isn&#8217;t known, the Australian broadcaster reported. 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