Sam Jones, an American influencer who briefly waged a baby Wombat of his mother in distress and downloaded the images on social networks left Australia.
The Australian Minister of Internal Affairs, Tony Burke, had previously said that his department revised if he could revoke the visa of Ms. Jones, but the BBC understands that she left the country of her own will.
“There has never been a better time to be a baby baby,” said Burke in a brief declaration on Friday to celebrate Jones’ departure.
The anger broke out through Australia after Jones published a video of her taking a baby Wombat on the side of a road while laughing and fleeing the Wombat Mother Mother Mother.
The video also shows the Baby Wombat whistling with distress before Jones returned it to the bush.
Jones, who is also called Samantha Stable, has nearly 100,000 subscribers and describes herself as an “outdoor passionate and Hunter” on her Instagram profile. She has since made her private account and has deleted her post.
His video was quickly encountered by a general conviction, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanian qualifying the incident of “scandal”.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong described the video “terrible”.
On Friday, the chief of the opposition Peter Dutton said that he thought it was “a cruel act” and that he was “happy” that the influencer was now left.
An online petition requiring Jones to be expelled from Australia has collected more than 30,000 signatures.
However, as Jones had not been charged or considered a threat to the country – the government may not have had a reason to cancel its visa.
In the comments since deleted, Ms. Jones said that “the baby was carefully held for a minute in total, then released to mom”.
“They moved away in the bush together completely unscathed,” she wrote. “I never capture the fauna that will be injured by my fact.”
But fauna experts judged Jones the act of Jones as a “blatant contempt” for native fauna.
The Wombat Protection Society said it had been shocked to see “mismanagement of a Wombat Joey in an apparent tearing for” social media likes “.
“To snatch a Baby Wombat screaming from their mother is not only appalling, he is very illegal under national or national laws,” said Suzanne Milthorpe, responsible for World Protection Australia campaigns in an online statement. “Wombats are not a photo accessory or a game.”
Wombats, originally from Australia, are a legally protected species across the country. Baby-wombats share a strong link with their mother, and any separation can be painful and harmful, say environmentalists.
