Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told US influencer Sam Jones to try picking up a crocodile instead of a baby wombat in wake of the controversy.

An American influencer is facing calls to be deported from Australia after she snatched a baby wombat from its mother. Sam Jones, a self-proclaimed “wildlife biologist and environmental scientist” posted a video to Instagram of her grabbing the marsupial and then running across the road away from its mother while dangling the joey,