Customs agents at a US airport confiscated a box of giraffe waste after a woman tried to enter the country with it to make a necklace. When chosen to have her belongings searched upon her arrival at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport in Minnesota on September 29, the woman declared the small box of feces, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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- Who is this woman?
- Where did the woman get the giraffe poop?
- Is it legal to bring giraffe poop?
- Did this woman face any punishment?
- What did the officials do with the poop?
Who is this woman?
This woman is from Iowa and claimed to have previously created a necklace out of moose dung.
Where did the woman get the giraffe poop?
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She claimed to have picked up the poop while visiting Kenya and brought it back in her luggage to make a necklace.
Is it legal to bring giraffe poop?
According to Minnesota Public Radio, giraffe poop can be imported into the US with the correct authorizations and inspections.
Did this woman face any punishment?
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No, he didn’t, as the woman declared the feces and handed it over to customs officials, according to the station. Therefore, she will not face punishment.
What did the officials do with the poop?
The agency’s agricultural experts destroyed the giraffes’ waste.
“There is a real danger in bringing feces into the United States,” said LaFonda D. Sutton-Burke, field director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“If this person had entered the US and not declared these items, there is a high possibility that they would have contracted an illness from this jewelry and developed serious health problems.”
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Among the diseases that customs officials have listed as threats in Kenya are swine vesicular disease, African swine fever, classical swine fever, Newcastle disease, foot and mouth disease and Newcastle disease.
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