India, March 15 -- An American influencer faced severe backlash on social media after a video of her picking up a wild wombat and temporarily separating it from its mother went viral. The footage angered Australians and received a reaction from Australian PM Anthony Albanese, who called her act an "outrage." The content creator Sam Jones, who left Australia following the criticism, shared a note of apology but soon after lashed out at people for judging her. She also criticised the PM and accused the Australian government of killing wild animals each year, including wombats.

In her first post addressing the incident, she explained why she picked up the animal. "When we found the mother and joey on a road, not moving, I was extremely conc...