Mar 14, 2025 · Sam Jones, a self-described outdoor enthusiast with a large social media following, was widely criticized in Australia after briefly yanking a wombat joey away from its mother in the night.

Mar 14, 2025 · The influencer, who is known as Sam Jones but also uses the name Samantha Strable, left Australia on Friday morning. Ms Jones posted an Instagram reel of herself on an unidentified roadside picking up the baby wombat and running towards the camera with the joey in her arms as its mother ran after it.

Mar 14, 2025 · Sam Jones, who describes herself as an “outdoor enthusiast & hunter,” made her Instagram account private Thursday after she was widely condemned for the video. “There’s never been a better day to be a baby wombat in Australia,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said in a statement after a government official confirmed Jones had flown ...

Mar 13, 2025 · American influencer Samantha Strable — who goes by the name Sam Jones online — has left Australia amid widespread backlash for taking a baby wombat from its mother. The government confirmed Strable left the country on Friday morning but did not specify whether she was deported or left voluntarily.

Mar 14, 2025 · Sam Jones's actions sparked widespread online outrage, with petitions calling for her removal from the country. She apologised but defended her actions saying she only held the joey for a minute.

Mar 13, 2025 · An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the...

Mar 13, 2025 · Sam Jones — who describes herself on social media as a "wildlife biologist and environmental scientist" — came under fire online for the Instagram reel, which has since been deleted.

Mar 13, 2025 · Sam Jones — a self-described “outdoor enthusiast” and “wildlife biologist” with 92,000 followers on her now-private Instagram page — shared a clip showing her grabbing the baby wombat, or joey, and running away with it as the mama marsupial initially dashed away.

Mar 14, 2025 · 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 ...

Mar 13, 2025 · Australia's Wombat Protection Society said in a statement that the influencer "mishandled a wombat joey" in an "apparent snatch for social media likes." "She then placed the vulnerable baby back ...