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MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) made a rather

October 9, 2023 U.S. Customs confiscated and destroyed a box of giraffe feces after a woman attempted to bring it back from a trip to Kenya to make necklaces

US Customs and Border Patrol officials stopped giraffe poop from entering the country last week. A passenger arrived from Kenya with the faecal matter, which she wanted to repurpose as a necklace. Authorities at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport destroyed the faeces citing health risks., Viral News, Times Now

Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of an Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe poop she picked up on a trip to Kenya and brought back to the US in her luggage.

A box of giraffe feces was seized and destroyed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after a woman brought it back from a trip to Kenya and planne...

MINNEAPOLIS—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) inspected a small box

Customs officials discovered giraffe poop concealed in the woman's luggage after her recent trip to the country.

The woman had planned to make a necklace from the fecal matter, but customs pooh-poohed these plans, destroying the droppings instead.

"There is a real danger with bringing fecal matter into the US," a Customs and Border Protection official said in a statement.

She wanted to turn it into a necklace