Authorities seized an unusual souvenir at a Virginia airport: giraffe and zebra bones, which a Virginia woman was bringing home from a trip to Africa, officials said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists found giraffe and zebra bones from Kenya in a Virginia woman's baggage.
The woman told Customs and Border Protection agents at Washington Dulles International Airport last month she had a twig from an acacia tree — a highly recognizable thorny tree common on the African savannah.
In a typical day, CBP agriculture specialists across the country over 4,500 prohibited plant, meat, animal byproducts and soils as well as hundreds of insect pests, the agency reported.
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