The man filming can be heard laughing: “Look at the mother, it’s chasing after her!” The video has since been deleted.
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Australia’s Minister for Immigration Tony Burke said the department is reviewing the video of Jones, also known as @samstrays_somewhere on Instagram, to see if her stunt violated the country’s wildlife laws, News.com.au reported.
“The department is now working through the conditions on her current visa and determining whether immigration law has been breached,” Burke outlined in a statement on Thursday.
An online petition supporting Jones’s deportation has received 21,000 signatures so far.
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is the latest to criticise the influencer.
Albanese suggested…
