Poop was seized at the Minnesota airport
A woman brought some feces to the United States from Kenya, according to officials, and customs officers intercepted and incinerated a box of giraffe crap at a Minnesota airport.
On September 29, agriculture experts from the customs agency chose the Iowa woman for inspection, and she informed them that she had giraffe feces. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), she intended to use the giraffe poo to create a necklace. The woman admitted to using moose droppings to produce jewelry in the past when speaking with airport officials at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Following the US Department of Agriculture’s protocol for destruction, the giraffe excrement was steam sterilized and then destroyed.
“There is a real danger with bringing fecal matter into the U.S.”, CBP’s Chicago field director, LaFonda D. Sutton-Burke, said in a statement. “If this person had entered the U.S. and had not declared these items, there is a high possibility a person could have contracted a disease from this jewelry and developed serious health issues”.
According to the organization, swine vesicular disease, Newcastle disease, foot and mouth disease, and African swine fever are all now present in Kenya.
If they receive a Veterinary Services Permit, individuals are allowed to import ruminant animal feces into the United States instead, according to CBP.
According to Minnesota Public Radio, the woman who was carrying the giraffe feces won’t be punished because she declared the feces and turned them over to customs officials. If she had attempted to sneak the feces past the airport security personnel, she might have been subject to a fine of $300 to $1,000.
