I ran, not to rip the joey away from its mother, but from fear she might attack me,” Sam Jones, who also uses the name Samantha Strable, posted on social media.

A video of the online influencer snatching the joey from the side of its mother drew calls for her to be deported. She left the country Friday.

Sam Jones, an American influencer who briefly snatched a baby wombat from its distressed mother and uploaded the footage to social media has left Australia. Australia's Home Affairs minister Tony Burke had earlier said his department was reviewing if it could revoke Ms Jones' visa,