US tourist may face deportation for picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat in Australia.According to CNN, an ...

Samantha Jo Strable, a U.S. influencer who goes by the name Sam Jones online, could face deportation from Australia over a ...

American influencer Sam Jones is facing deportation from Australia after a viral video showed her forcibly taking a baby ...

An American influencer could face deportation from Australia after she was filmed taking a baby wombat from its mother. Video ...

but those found guilty of harming wildlife can face penalties including fines. In New South Wales, for example, it is an offense to harm a wombat without a license.

Jones, who is from Montana, has reportedly left Australia in the face of the firestorm. The wombat is a protected species in Australia.

Landowners rip up wombat burrows with heavy machinery, poison them with fumigation, and shoot them whenever they can. Quietly, of course, so as not to face the wrath that has come upon me.

Sam Jones faces outrage after taking a baby wombat from its mother in Australia. She apologizes, but critics accuse her of ...

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The U.S. influencer who sparked backlash in Australia after picking up a baby wombat and carrying it away ... and the public all calling for her to face consequences for snatching the baby animal ...