Wain the wombat has lived at Satsukiyama Zoo in Japan since 1990 Stephanie Wenger is a TV Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She joined the brand in 2021 as a digital news writer, covering stories ...

A video shared widely on social media shows Sam Jones, who has 95,600 Instagram followers, running with the wombat towards a car while its distressed mother chases after her. Jones smiles as she ...

"Over holding a wombat, thousands threaten my life," claims Sam Jones, who received widespread criticism -- including from the Australian government -- after she posted a video taking a joey from ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese added his voice to the criticism. “To take a baby wombat from its mother, and clearly causing distress from the mother, is just an outrage,” Albanese said. “I ...

Sam Jones, who claims to be such an influencer, and a wildlife biologist and environmental scientist to boot, thought it wise to pick up a young wombat, thereby separating it from its distressed ...

Sam Jones, aka Samantha Strable, posted footage of herself snatching a baby wombat away from its mother on an Australian roadside. Jones has since removed the video from her Instagram account ...

MELBOURNE--An American influencer left Australia on Friday after the government announced it was reviewing her visa over a video she posted of her snatching a baby wombat from its mother.

A US influencer who uploaded a video of her grabbing a baby wombat, triggering widespread outrage, has left Australia. Sam Jones, who describes herself as an "outdoor enthusiast and hunter ...

The Australian prime minister has criticised a US influencer after she stole a baby wombat from her mother. "Take a baby crocodile from his mother and see how you go there," he told journalists ...

The US influencer who was filmed briefly taking a baby wombat away from its mum has now left Australia voluntarily. Sam Jones, who describes herself as an "outdoor enthusiast and hunter" on ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An American influencer left Australia on Friday after the government announced it was reviewing her visa over a video she posted of her snatching a baby wombat from ...