Us Influencer Draws Backlash For Stealing Baby Wombat From Mum

[naomi24]

//Ms Jones, who calls herself an "outdoor enthusiast and hunter", was filmed picking up the joey by the road and running across it to a car, while its mother ran after them.

The man filming can be heard laughing: "Look at the mother, it's chasing after her!" The video, which was filmed in Australia, has since been deleted.

 

[She] then placed the vulnerable baby back onto a country road - potentially putting it at risk of becoming roadkill," it noted in its statement, adding that it remains unclear if the joey reunited with its mother.//

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d8m4vk0e9o

 

There are only two creatures in this story.  That arrogant ignoramus of a woman and the moron who laughed as he filmed the whole thing.  What is wrong withn these people?

[Sinead_O]

The allure of social media "likes" seems to be the sad answer to your question.

[jackthehat]

Apparently, she has done this with other animals, too.

She ought to be deported...and hopefully she will be.

[DDIL]

There are a whole generation of people who live their entire life out on social media, they cannot make decision or do a simple task without showing 'their fans'

[barry1010]

I despair.  

[barry1010]

She might end up the same way as several other 'influencers' - dead from taking selfies in very dangerous places.

[naomi24]

//they cannot make decision or do a simple task without showing 'their fans'//

 

This isn't a 'task' though.  This is an act of blatant stupidity.

[albaqwerty]

One hears of poachers/hunters with their rack of spotlights on their pickup trucks, I wonder if they'd be interested in the lesser spotted nutjobs?

[Old_Geezer]

They are today's human beings.

Enjoy.

[ladybirder]

I can't stand cruelty to animals.  What a total idiot that woman is.  She needs sorting out!  Please let mum and baby have found each other, alive!

[andy-hughes]

Anyone who calls themself an 'influencer' already has a misplaced notion of their character,intelligence, and importance.

So this level of thoughtless stupidity is only to be expected. 

Hopefully it will lead to her deportation, and a rare opportunity for a little overdue self-analys. 

Not holding my breath though. 

[youngmafbog]

//She ought to be deported...and hopefully she will be.//

Agree, after they borth get a good kicking.  Some people will only learn the hard way and if they are an "influencer" they wont be brimming with brains so a good slapping will drive home the message.

[douglas9401]

I'm  sure I read that she left under her own steam.

[237SJ]

I read that she's already left the country ahead of being deported

[chelle7272]

She has already left Australia

https://news.sky.com/story/sam-jones-us-influencer-who-snatched-baby-wombat-from-its-mother-leaves-australia-amid-fears-for-animals-health-13328350

[Patsy33]

I hope they haven't influenced anybody!

What a couple of selfish, ignorant  beings!

I hope the baby found its Mother OK. Sometimes if they smell scent of a human being on their young, they disown them. Let's hope this isn't the case.

[barry1010]

Hopefully they will never be allowed to leave the US again

[Khandro]

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, kept a wombat in his garden in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, but the fool didn't know how to care for it & it died. 😥 

[Toorak]

This sickened me to the core. I hope she is never allowed into Australia again.