Attacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical and misses the point | Georgie Purcell

We’ve all seen the distressing footage of an American influencer taking a wombat joey away from its mother. The joey hisses and stirs, while the distraught mother circles the woman until she eventually drops it back to the side of the road. The tourist calls herself both a conservationist and an ecologist. But most of us can recognise that this is not the behaviour of someone who values our native wildlife. Over the past 48 hours, the whole country has mobilised. We’ve had coverage from all major media outlets, commentary from international influencers, and heard from Australia’s home affairs minister

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