Passenger’s Giraffe Feces Seized by Customs at Minnesota Airport.<br />Customs officials in Minnesota seized a box of giraffe feces from a traveler who arrived from Kenya and said she planned to use the droppings to make a necklace.<br /><br />U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the Iowa resident was selected for inspection by agriculture specialists upon arriving at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport from a trip to Kenya.<br /><br />"The passenger declared giraffe feces and stated she had obtained the droppings in Kenya and planned to make a necklace," CBP said in a news release. "The passenger also stated in the past she had used moose feces at her home in Iowa."<br /><br />The CBP specialists seized the box and the contents were destroyed via steam sterilization.<br /><br />"There is a real danger with bringing fecal matter into the U.S.," said LaFonda Sutton-Burke, CBP's director of field operations for the Chicago Field Office. "If this person had entered the U.S. and had not declared these items, there is high possibility a person could have contracted a disease from this jewelry and developed serious health issues."<br /><br />CBP said any feces brought to the United States by an overseas traveler require a veterinary services permit.
