Australia: US influencer draws backlash for taking baby wombat from mum
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  • Lemmist@lemm.eeEnglish
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    14 days ago

    TLDR: Woman picked up a small wombat for a video but soon released it. As I understood she hadn’t intention of actually stealing the animal.

    Locals say that it isn’t an excuse to harass wombats. And it looks like these animals are protected for some reason, so it isn’t totally harmless behaviour.