US tourist’s ‘distressing’ act with baby wombat sparks anger among Aussies | #shorts #yahooaustralia

Hunting influencer and biologist Sam Jones shared the now deleted video to her Instagram account with the caption, “My dream of holding a wombat has been realised!”

The video does not show whether the mother and baby wombat were reunited, however a caption that originally accompanied the clip indicated they were, saying “Baby and mom slowly waddled back off together into the bush.”

Licensed wombat rescuer Yolandi Vermaak told Yahoo News in most cases a brief separation is bad news for the baby, and they should never be picked up.

Vermaak said, “Nine out of ten times, the mother will not come back for her baby if they’re separated. Babies are taught from a young age to stay nose-to-heel with their mum. So if mum runs when there’s danger, she doesn’t stop and check the baby, it needs to keep up.”

Aussies across social media were left outraged by the footage, with many fuming at her treatment of the protected marsupial, and calling for her to leave the country.

Suzanne Milthorpe from non-profit World Animal Protection Australia believes Aussies have a right to be angered by the video, saying, “Wombats are not a photo prop or plaything; it’s clear from this video how distressing the mother and baby wombat found this experience.”

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[lmenascojr]

Americans are also angry!!! Something like this shouldn’t be allowed in any country!!!

[claudiarobinson]

Geez the arrogance. She and her friend are laughing like idiots

[niknax]

Hunting influencer and biologist?!? She needs to leave. I don’t think she realises what she did……BUT, it’s not on!!!!

[anthonyryan]

Not terrific thing to do - but there are other things we should be more upset about

[sagunsh]

Hello all hypocrites!!

It’s indeed a disturbing video, and I really hate it. But what I hate even more is the sheer hypocrisy of this outrage. Where’s this same energy for zoos that keep animals locked up for life? Human interference is human interference—whether it’s a clueless tourist or a wildlife park profiting off captive animals. The selective outrage is ridiculous. If you truly care about wildlife, don’t just jump on a trending video—call out the entire system that exploits animals every single day.