Midwest woman’s plan to make jewelry with giraffe feces gets pooh-poohed

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A Midwest woman told federal agents she wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces that she picked up on her trip to Kenya.

That’s according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which says she arrived at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport with a box of dung on September 29.

The Iowa woman explained to officials that she had a necklace in mind and she’d done this before with moose poop.

According to a CBP Director, “There is a real danger with bringing fecal matter into the U.S.  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.”

Specialists were eventually brought in to destroy the giraffe poop.

Minnesota Public Radio reports the woman won’t face sanctions since she declared the feces and gave it to Customs.