A video from Australia is met by anger worldwide.
The clip represents the American influencer Sam Jones, who picks up a vombat kid and runs away with it, while the vomba mom stressful follows.
– I was really sad, this should not happen. The worst thing you can do is take a kid from his mother, says conservation expert Tom Arnbom in “News Day”.
“I caught a Vombat kid,” Sam Jones exclaims in the video that has upset many. In the clip she appears to lift the animals for a short while, then she gives the kid back to her mother.
– The mother is here and she is angry. We release it, she says in the video.
Conservation expert Tom Arnbom says he is upset and saddened by the clip.
– You don’t just do this to get clicks. It’s totally wrong.
He describes the Vombat as a nice and non-threatening animal, and mentions a special feature of the animal: that it poop square.
“This is not even a hunter”
The influencer, which calls itself an “outdoor enthusiast and hunter” posted the video on Instagram, but made their account private after getting viral for the scandal.
Stealing a kid can, in the worst case, leads to the mother not wanting back the kid, but it is rare, says Arnbom. The main consequence is that the animal becomes very stressed.
– What I am most worried about is that others get to catch kids, she has captured other animals’ kids in Australia before, so she doesn’t seem to understand. I do not understand how she thinks, this is not even a hunter to do, take a kid from a mother, says Arnbom.
“Horrible”
On Friday, Jones left the country. Migration Minister Tony Burke had then initiated a review of her tourist visa.
“It has never been better to be a Vombatunge in Australia,” Burke said about the message that the woman was leaving the country.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has also commented on the video.
– It’s peaceful and wonderful animals. Taking a Vombat kid from its mother and causing the mother’s great concern, it is simply horrible, he says at a press conference.
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