Sam Jones wombat: US influencer draws backlash for taking baby wombat from mum

Australia's PM Anthony Albanese suggests she tries it with a crocodile: "See how you go there".

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Albanese suggested that the woman, Sam Jones, tries doing so with animals that "can actually fight back": "Take a baby crocodile from its mother and see how you go there."

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.

Immigration officials are reviewing Ms Jones's visa, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told the BBC, following calls for her to be deported.

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