Australia tells US influencer: 'leave baby wombat alone'

Sydney (AFP) Mar 13, 2025

Australia's top diplomat on Thursday urged a visiting American influencer to "leave the baby wombat alone", after a viral video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial. In a now-deleted video posted to Instagram this week, the woman can be seen picking up the hissing wild animal before declaring to the camera: "I caught a baby wombat". The woman - identified in Australia