An American influencer visiting Australia has sparked outcry for picking up a baby wombat in a now-deleted Instagram video.

Sam Jones, a US influencer who briefly snatched a baby wombat from its distressed mother, and uploaded the footage to social ...

An online petition calling for her deportation from Australia has received more than 13,000 signatures as of Thursday.

"But, really, leave the wombat alone," Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said of the stunt by Sam Jones, a ...

Sam Jones — a self-described “outdoor enthusiast & hunter” from Montana — sparked an outcry down under this week, with ...

Australia's top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer on Thursday to "leave the baby wombat alone", after a video ...

"I caught a baby wombat," Jones says to the camera ... including Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, on Thursday condemned the influencer. "It looked pretty dreadful ...

Take another animal that can actually fight back rather than stealing a baby wombat from its mother. See how you go there.” Foreign Minister Penny Wong also joined the criticism, stating that ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong told Australia's Channel Seven. "I think everyone who would have seen that would have thought, look, leave the baby wombat alone." Home Affairs Minister Tony ...