Baby Wombat Video: The US tourist Sam Jones flees to Australia after the threat of visa about the incident

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An American tourist who was supposedly filmed to pick up with a wild baby wombat fled from Australia after the officials had threatened to cancel their visa in a fire storm about the incident.

A video that is widespread on social media is supposed to show Sam Jones, who has 92,000 followers on Instagram and runs against a car with the baby Wombat while his needy mother is chasing her.

It is not clear when the video was shot, and it is not the place either, but at night it was a country road somewhere in Southeastern Australia where most of the Wombats live.

Disposal Australians demanded Jones, and on Thursday, Minister of Interior Affairs said that his department checked her visa, which would be canceled if she found that she had violated the conditions of her stay.

On Friday, Burke confirmed that Jones had voluntarily left the country and said: “There has never been a better day to be a baby bat in Australia.”

Experts say that the animals in the video are ordinary wombats, the only of three types of the Australian bag animal that is not threatened or endangered. But like all Australian local animals, they are legally protected.

CNN did Jones, but not received an answer. A contribution on a new Tikok account that allegedly listened to the traveler based in Montana said: “You have all gone crazy … Hate is currently too much for me to deal with it.”

The criticism came from the head of Australian politics, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese suggested on Thursday that Jones should try her luck with another Australian animal that was more likely to prepare a fight.

“It is just an outrage to take a baby out of his mother and make the mother clear,” said Albanese.

“I suggest this so -called influencer that it might be able to try out some other Australian animals. Take a baby crocodile from his mother and see how to go there. ”

The video, supposedly from a deleted Instagram account, which has been made privately since then, and Tiktok on a now deleted report shows a woman who runs across the street as he holds a baby.

“I just caught a baby Wombat,” laughs a man outside the camera and apparently refers to Jones.

“Take a look at the mother and chase her up,” he laughs again, refers to the adult Wombat who follows the woman on the street.

Shocked ecologists and animal builders said that the sudden separation of the Wombat and its baby, known as Joey, had triggered stress reactions in both animals.

“Riding a baby away from his mother, walking away with him and letting the baby dangle in his hands is quite high in what is not to be done,” said Professor Barry Brook, an ecologist at the University of Tasmania.

Nobody usually attacks, but they have incredibly strong claws with which they dig into the ground. If they are used on human skin, they could cause serious damage and infections, said Brook.

“It is not a situation that you or another member of the public should use for both the animals and their own sake. And if you transmit this on social media to get likes and hits and continue like an influencer, ”he added.

The Wildlife Veterinarian Tanya Bishop from the information, rescue and educational service (wires) says that the video does not show that the animals are reunited or when the Joey have been causing injuries from the front legs.

“My concern is whether Joey had a temporary, painful, weak injury or something that could have been permanent,” she said. Bishop said Wildlife officers try to determine where the video was shot.

According to Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, Jones reacted to some online criticism before leaving her social media channels privately by saying that the baby was “carefully held for a minute for a minute and then passed it on to mother”.

“They went into the bush together, which was completely intact,” she said reportedly. “I never drive wild animals that are injured by my TU.”

Common Wombats, which can be seen in the video, apply in contrast to the southern -haired Wombat, which is “almost threatened”, and the northern hairy abbat, in contrast to the Wombat from the south. that is listed by the iucn Red list as “endangered of criticism”.

Bishop said, although they are not endangered, there are common wombats through busy streets, habitat loss and puzzles – a potentially deadly skin disease.

“All of our wildlife need as much protection as we can give it,” said Bishop. “In the 25 years in which I was a veterinarian, I saw that so many types of at least endangered, threatened and possibly died out.”

Bishop's advice to people who come across Australian wild animals: “Stay calm and enjoy watching them from afar.”

“Take the video quietly if you want. You will see really nice interactions. And frankly, some of them are quite funny in the case of Wombats because baby wombats are very cheeky and naughty. ”

Angus Watson from CNN contributed.