US influencer who snatched baby wombat has left Australia

Sam Jones, a US influencer who briefly snatched a baby wombat from its distressed mother, and uploaded the footage to social media has left Australia.Australia's Home Affairs minister Tony Burke had earlier said his department was reviewing whether it could revoke Ms Jones's visa, but the BBC understands that she left the country of her own accord."There has never been a better time to be a baby wombat," Burke said in a short statement on Friday celebrating Jones's departure.Anger erupted across Australia after Jones posted a video of her taking a baby wombat from the side of a road while laughing and running away from the distraught mother wombat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.