US influencer Sam Jones said she intended to "prevent these amazing animals from being hit, and making sure the joey wasn't in need of immediate care." ...

MELBOURNE--An American influencer left Australia on Friday after the government announced it was reviewing her visa over a video she posted of her snatching a baby wombat from its mother.

The Wombat Protection Society of Australia also decried Strable’s actions ... “In many articles it was suggested that I go see a wombat in a zoo instead,” she said.

Wombats at the Hannover Zoo in Germany. Sam Jones, a self-described outdoor enthusiast with a large social media following, was widely criticized in Australia after briefly yanking a wombat joey ...

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 ...

An American influencer left Australia on Friday after the government announced it was reviewing her visa over a video she posted of her snatching a baby wombat from its mother. Sam Jones ...

Australia is reviewing the visa status of an American content creator who posted a video of herself taking a baby wombat away from its mother. In the now-deleted video, Sam Jones is seen picking ...

Zoo Accused of Painting Donkeys Black and White to Look Like Zebras: It's 'Misleading and Unethical' "It's disgusting to distress those animals in such a manner as this," wrote one user on a Reddit ...

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 ...

Wombats are furry, nocturnal marsupials found only in Australia. Baby wombats have recently been in the news after an American influencer filmed herself snatching a young joey from its mother, setting ...

IKEDA, Osaka Prefecture—A marsupial from Australia kept at the Ikeda city-run Satsukiyama Zoo was listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest wombat ever in captivity. Wain celebrated his ...