The U.S. hunting influencer at the center of the #WombatGate mess issued an apology -- but it fell on deaf ears when she went off ... in which she said she regretted pulling the baby wombat away from ...

An American social media influencer is defending herself after posting a video showing her separating a baby wombat from its mother while in Australia. Sam Jones posted two statements to Instagram ...

A video has been circulating of a woman taking a baby wombat from its mother. Here’s what experts want us to know about the dangers of interfering with wildlife, even if it seems innocuous.

“I caught a baby wombat!” Jones says in the now-deleted video, as the baby hissed and wriggled in distress. She eventually put the baby down on the roadside near where the mother was. The ...

Australia's top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer on Thursday to "leave the baby wombat alone," after a video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial. In a now-deleted ...

Just caught *** baby wombat. This video, shared widely on social media, appears to show American tourist Sam Jones picking up and running away with *** wild baby wombat in Australia as its mother ...

Australians are celebrating the departure of an American influencer who separated a baby wombat from its mother, as concerns persist about the animal's wellbeing. The woman, who posts under the ...

An American hunting influencer has sparked intense backlash after posting footage of herself capturing a wild baby wombat on the side of the road, removing it from its distressed mother for a ...

"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 ...

FILE - Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, waddles around the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo's newest exhibit in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) 32,355 people played ...