An American Social Media Influencer, Sam Jones, has landed in the eye of a storm after she ran away with a baby Wombat with the baby’s distressed mother following behind.
Sam Jones has apparently 92,000 followers on Instagram and was a tourist in Australia when she shot the horrifying video of separating a child from its mother.
SCUMBAG OF THE DAY 🤬
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Sam Jones is a US hunting influencer who has gone viral for posting a tiktok of her taking a baby wombat away from its mother in the middle of the night as a joke…for a bit of fun.
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The actions of the Instagram influencer have attracted widespread condemnation, even from the Australian PM Anthony Albanese.
The Australian PM said that Sam Jones should try doing so with animals that can actually fight back. “Take a baby crocodile from its mother and see how you go there”, PM Albanese said.
Following the calls to get the influencer deported, Australian authorities are reviewing her Visa.
