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âTry that with a crocodileâ: Australian PM taunts US influencer who took baby wombat
Sam Jones is at risk of losing her visa after sparking outrage with the social media video stunt
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Australiaâs Prime Minister has dared an American social media influencer to pick up a baby crocodile, after she sparked outrage for taking a baby wombat from its mother.
Sam Jones, who claimed to be a âwildlife biologist and environmental scientistâ shared a video with her 92,000 Instagram followers showing her taking the marsupial and then running across the road dangling the joey, while its mother gave chase.
âI caught a baby wombat!â Jones says in the video, as the baby makes distressed noises.
The incident has now sparked condemnation from the very top of the Australian government.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said: âTo take a baby wombat from its mother, and clearly causing distress from the mother, is just an outrage.
âI suggest to this so-called influencer, maybe she might try some other Australian animals, take a baby crocodile from its mother and see how you go there. Take another animal that can actually fight back, rather than stealing a baby wombat from its mother.â
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weighed-in on the controversy ( REUTERS)Wombats are a protected native Australian species, and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said his department was examining the conditions of Jonesâ visa to see âwhether immigration law has been breachedâ.
âEither way, given the level of scrutiny that will happen if she ever applies for a visa again, Iâll be surprised if she even bothers,â he said.
"I can't wait for Australia to see the back of this individual, I don't expect she will return."
The location of the incident within Australia remains unclear.
RSPCA senior scientific officer Di Evans told the Australian Broadcasting Commission that the video showed a âblatantâ disrespect towards Australian wildlife.
"The distress caused by the callous act is obvious, with the joey screeching for their mother and the mother being extremely anxious," Dr Evans said.
An Australian man in the since-deleted video can be heard laughing and says, âLook at the mother, itâs chasing after her!â
She later said âOK mamaâs right there and she is p***ed, letâs let him go,â before walking across the road to release the baby.
Before Jones deleted the video and made her Instagram account private, she defended her actions, according to News.com.au.
âFor everyone thatâs worried and unhappy, the baby was carefully held for ONE minute in total and then released back to mum,â she wrote.
Jones could not be reached for comment. Her Instagram remains private and her previous TikTok account has been deleted. It was not clear if she remained in the country.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the video was distressing.
"It looked pretty dreadful, didn't it?" she said in an interview with Channel Seven on Thursday. "Really, leave the wombat alone."
