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Why does it take the snatching of a baby wombat to spark outrage about animal rights?

15 March 2025

2:36 AM

15 March 2025

2:36 AM

An American influencer called Sam Jones has been roundly denounced after she posted a video of her snatching a wild baby wombat from its distressed mother in Australia.

The video, since deleted, showed Jones picking up a joey by the road and running with it to a car, while its poor mother ran after them.

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