Sam Jones posted a statement on Instagram apologizing for picking up a baby wombat and taking it away from its mother. She claimed that she picked up the wombat so that the animal 'didn’t get hit' on the side of the road.

In a furious statement posted to her Instagram page, Samantha Strable, also known as Sam Jones, suggested Australians were hypocritical in their treatment of native animals, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had wished her harm and the public backlash that followed her wombat video had put her life in danger.