Wombat Deportation policy
The female American “internet influencer” who uploaded a video of her grabbing a baby wombat, triggering widespread outrage, has left Australia. “Sam” Jones, who described herself as an “outdoor enthusiast and hunter,” posted the now-deleted video to her 92,000 Instagram followers from an unknown location in Australia. It showed her picking up the baby wombat from the side of a road as it struggled and hissed, and the animal’s distressed mother running after it. Jones later put the wombat back down.
Wombats are marsupials found only in Australia and a protected species. Wombats, which have large, blunt heads with small eyes and muscular necks, can grow to about 50 inches in length and weigh up to nearly 80 pounds, eating grass and roots of shrubs and trees. It is an offense to harm a wombat without a license from the authorities. They dig extensive burrow systems with their rodent-like front teeth and powerful claws. One distinctive adaptation of wombats is their backward pouch for babies. The advantage of a backward-facing pouch is that when digging, the wombat does not gather soil in its pouch over its young.
Sam Jones eventually released the distressed baby wombat, which hissed and screeched while in her arms, back onto the road, the video shows. The baby was reunited with its mother. Jones’ action sparked outrage across Australia, especially among conservationists, with some calling for her deportation over her treatment of the wombat. “They are gentle, lovely creatures,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters. “To take a baby wombat from its mother and clearly causing distress from the mother, is just an outrage.” “I suggest to this so-called influencer, maybe she might try some other Australian animals,” he continued. “Take a baby crocodile from its mother and see how you go there.”
More than 18,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that Jones be immediately deported and barred from returning to Australia. Jones said she “carefully” held the wombat for a minute in total before releasing it back to its mother they wandered back off into the bush together completely unharmed.” “I don’t ever capture wildlife that will be harmed by my doing so,” said Jones, who made her Instagram account private after the backlash. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said authorities were reviewing Jones’ visa and determining whether she breached immigration law.
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