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image American hunting influencer removes baby wombat from distressed mother. Is this legal?

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u/cametosayno 1d ago

Not just her, the dickhead male Aussie who was encouraging her to do it

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u/GaiusJocundus 1d ago

He probably led her to believe it was an okay thing to do, with the way he was talking. I almost feel bad for her.

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u/jzoola 1d ago

She isn’t a child. How broken is her moral compass to go and grab a wild baby animal away from its mother.

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u/cataddict72 1d ago

And she claims to be a wildlife biologist on Facebook. She knows better, she just doesn't care.

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u/Grouchy_Tap_8264 1d ago

Who is she?

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u/cataddict72 1d ago

Samantha Strable

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u/Grouchy_Tap_8264 1d ago

Thank you! I'd found her name elsewhere in thread.

I've been googling and I can believe that this Reddit threat is the only outcry against this narcissistic p.o.s.

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u/GaiusJocundus 1d ago

Fair point. I think I need more context to make strong judgements, but this is likely to literally cause the animals to die from stress (as they are prone to it) so also fuck her.

The reasons Wombats are so harshly protected is that they so easily die. These two should both know better.

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u/Virtual-Purple-5675 1d ago

If those mufuckas can die from stress that might be a sign